A rare bloom with a pungent odor like decaying flesh has opened in the Australian capital in the nation’s third such ...

A rare corpse flower, Amorphophallus titanum, bloomed after 15 years at Canberra's Australian National Botanic Gardens, ...

The blooming started on Saturday night and will last until Monday, by which time the reservations for visits to the Canberra botanical garden have already been exhausted. There are events that are ...

A PhD candidate has taken samples of corpse flower Putricia, which bloomed in Sydney last month. She analysed the samples in a lab and found similar compounds to human decomposition. It ...

“That was disgusting.” The rare Amorphophallus gigas — a relative of the Amorphophallus titanum, commonly known as the corpse flower — has bloomed for the first time since arriving in ...

This is not one of those flowers. The titan arum has been nicknamed the corpse flower for its awful odour, which some compare to “rotting meat” or a “slaughterhouse”. Despite that ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Read full article: A blooming plant that reeks of gym socks and rotting garbage has thousands lining up for a whiff An endangered tropical plant that emits the stench of a rotting corpse during ...

But don’t be grossed out just yet! These “corpse flowers” are nature’s clever way of attracting pollinators (hello, flies). Stroll the hiking trails and encounter these dramatic, smelly marvels up ...

and keeping such a corpse at home to prepare for burial can spread them to an unsuspecting members of the public. Our correspondent, who spoke to some people, including Ayila Zaamo, Akor Tokwo ...