The mighty plant is nicknamed the 'corpse flower' because its smell has been compared to rotting meat or dog poo.
The stench of a rare corpse flower make us retch. But you’re not the target – the plant wants to lure carrion beetles and ...
Dartmouth scientists sniff out the genes — and identify a new chemical compound — that drive titus arum's pungent odor. The ...
When it blooms, this stinky flower releases chemicals that smell like rotting flesh to attact pollinators, such as carrion ...
People are lining up at the Geelong Botanic Gardens to see and smell the giant corpse flower, a rare plant that stinks like a dead body.
It’s amorphophallus titanum, named after the putrid stench it releases when it blooms to attract pollinators like beetles and ...
A new study on titan arum -- commonly known as the corpse flower for its smell like rotting flesh -- uncovers fundamental genetic pathways and biological mechanisms that produce heat and odorous ...
Thousands of onlookers gather in the Australian city of Geelong to witness the rare sight of blooming Corpse ...
Amorphophallus Titanum, often shortened to Titan Arum, is popular as the 'corpse flower' in the region for the putrid stench ...
A rare stinky flower bloomed at a botanical garden in Australia, attracting thousands of people.According to CNN on the 11th ...
The titan arum isn't a single flower ... scent derived from a cocktail of stinky sulfur-based compounds that attract the flies and carrion beetles that help propagate the plant. When Morphy bloomed in ...
It's not only plants which have learned how to make pungent smells. The wonderfully named stinkhorn fungi genus uses the same tactic as the titan arum to attract the insects and beetles it needs to ...