A "monstrous" flower mimics the smell of a rotting corpse in order to attract victims, according to footage shown in David Attenborough's latest BBC series, The Green Planet. The footage, shot in a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An international group of scientists has issued an urgent call for coordinated action to save the iconic genus Rafflesia, which ...

The world’s largest flower, known as Rafflesia arnoldii, can be found in the rainforests of Asia. It can grow up to 3 feet in diameter and weigh as much as 15 pounds. Rafflesia arnoldii is believed to ...

Rafflesia, which smells like rotting flesh, is facing habitat loss. By Laura Baisas Published Sep 25, 2023 2:15 PM EDT Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

Rafflesia cantleyi is one of the strangest organisms on Earth. It has no leaves, no roots, and no stem—only thread-like tissue hidden inside its host vine. For most of its life, it is completely ...

New Delhi: After a day of trekking deep into a Sumatran rainforest, conservationist Septian ‘Deki’ Andriki knelt beside a blooming Rafflesia Hasseltii, and wept. The moment marked the culmination of ...

The rare flower is found in the rainforests of Southeast Asia. LONDON -- Rafflesia, the flower species which contains some of the world’s largest flowers, is at risk of extinction, scientists have ...

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TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - In a collaborative research supported by Indonesia's National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), University of Bengkulu, and the Rare Flower Care Community of Bengkulu, the ...

JAKARTA: In November, people on social media rejoiced for a few weeks following the rediscovery of a rare species of the Rafflesia parasitic flower in West Sumatra. However, the rediscovery was met by ...