an actual rotting corpse, or—if you’re lucky—just a giant smelly flower called titan arum. Now, scientists have identified the molecular reasons behind this iconic plant’s pungent aroma.

When it blooms, this stinky flower releases chemicals that smell like rotting flesh to attact pollinators, such as carrion ...

One of the world’s rarest flowers with an unfortunate name and a pungent smell is blooming at Auckland Zoo. Amorphophallus ...

The bloom releases a pungent, rotting smell composed of sulfur-based compounds, hence its "corpse flower" nickname, which attracts carrion beetles and flies that help with pollination.

The corpse flower lives up to its nickname ... that make putrescine—the compound found in the odors emitted by rotting animals. Taken all together, the discoveries may not do much to mitigate ...

A rare flower that stinks like rotting flesh has bloomed, with hundreds turning out to get a whiff of its foul stench. The corpse flower, also named the titan arum, blooms about once a decade and ...

The giant flower’s foul odour is designed to attract pollinating insects, especially carrion beetles that feed on and lay ...

The unusual odor of the titan arum, commonly called the corpse flower because its scent is reminiscent of rotting flesh, draws crowds of curious visitors to greenhouses around the world during its ...

A new study on titan arum -- commonly known as the corpse flower for its smell like rotting flesh -- uncovers fundamental genetic pathways and biological mechanisms that produce heat and odorous ...

Dartmouth scientists sniff out the genes — and identify a new chemical compound — that drive titan arum's pungent odor. The unusual odor of the titan arum, commonly called the corpse flower because ...