Frederick the corpse flower, a rare, stinky plant at the Como Zoo Conservatory, has started to bloom. That means you now have ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Austin Peay State University’s corpse flower, “Athena,” is in full bloom. Athena is the little ...

Visitors will have the chance Wednesday to experience the pungent smell of the corpse flower that is blooming at Como Park ...

Something rare, massive, and very smelly is about to happen at the Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco: Chanel the ...

Corpse flowers give off the intense smell to attract pollinators in nature, which include carrion beetles and flies.

Sarah Falkenstine and Erin Tighe talk about the blooming corpse flower at the Lyman Plant House and Conservatory at Smith College. “We live down the street and dropped everything to come, I’ve ...

This is Frederick's first bloom, according to zoo staff, and once a corpse flower blooms for the first time it can bloom again every 2-3 years. The plant can live up to 50 years.

So they don't bloom very often, but they also don't bloom for very long, either. The United States Botanic Garden says they ...