It was supposed to begin its six-hour bloom Thursday at about 4 p.m., according to predication by Brian O’Brien, a Gustavus Adolphus College chemistry professor who acquired seeds for the St. Peter, ...

The corpse flower is native to the dense rainforests of Sumatra in Indonesia ... But given it has been around 200 million years, the smell might have attracted a long extinct species to eat and spread ...

The corpse flower is native to the dense rainforests ... the smell might have attracted a long extinct species to eat and spread the seeds. It’s not only plants which have learned how to make ...

An artist’s reconstruction of Clovis life 13,000 years ago shows the Anzick-1 infant with his mother consuming mammoth meat near a hearth. Another individual crafts tools, including dart projectile ...

GEELONG, Australia – This week, visitors to the Geelong Botanic Gardens in southeast Australia got a big whiff of a vile stench over the past couple of days, all stemming from the short-lived bloom of ...

The culprit was not the adjacent Como Zoo, but rather a flower blossom 15 years in the making. The Amorphophallus titanum, also known as the Corpse Flower, has only bloomed a documented 122 times, and ...

The corpse flower is native to the dense rainforests of Sumatra in Indonesia ... But given it has been around 200 million years, the smell might have attracted a long extinct species to eat and spread ...

Being in the vicinity of a fully-bloomed corpse flower is an experience one is unlikely to forget. In addition to being physically imposing—Amorphophallus titanum can reach heights of 6 to 12 ...

As suggested in its name, the corpse flower produces a scent similar to that of rotting flesh when it blooms as a way to attract pollinators. Officials said the bloom only lasts for 24-48 hours ...