Rafflesia is one of the most bizarre and fascinating plants in the world, known for its massive size and putrid stench. Often called the "corpse flower," it emits a strong odor of rotting flesh to ...

All 42 known species of the parasitic plant Rafflesia, often known as the corpse flower, are endangered due to runaway destruction of their tropical forest habitats.

CANBERRA, Australia (KFOR) – There is something about the stench of corpse flowers that draws curious people far and wide when the giant blooms spew their putrid aroma for all to smell.

The stench of death would normally repel sightseers ... endangered flower Amorphophallus titanum, also known as the "corpse flower," which opens once every few years for just 24 hours.

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — The rare unfurling of an endangered plant that emits the smell of decaying flesh drew hundreds of devoted fans to a greenhouse in Sydney, Australia on Thursday, where ...

Here are some of the more notable stinkers. Also known as the corpse flower or the titan arum, this plant relies on "flesh flies" and carrion-eating beetles for pollination and smells strongly of ...

A researcher who studies human decomposition analysed just how much the corpse flower smells like death. Dr Summerell said it was a "nice surprise" to have two blooms in close succession.

There is estimated to be less than 1,000 corpse flowers remaining in the wild. Dick Mendham, Owner of the Sunrise Lodge in ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Death knocks twice. In an extraordinary botanical double-act, a second corpse flower has started to bloom at the Royal Botanic ...