The famously stinky plant known as the corpse flower is expected to bloom within the week or so, and you can tune in online ...

Across the globe, certain flowers exhibit the rare phenomenon of blooming only once in their lifetime or infrequently. These ...

San Francisco's notorious corpse flower 'Chanel' is about to bloom at the Conservatory, bringing crowds eager to smell its ...

Indiana University invites you to visit Wally, the stinky corpse flower, before it blooms for the last time in years.

Exact timing of the bloom is unclear, but campus officials predict it will occur this week – Cal Poly will host a rare corpse ...

Cal Poly's Plant Conservatory is inviting the public to experience the sight — and smell — of a rare corpse flower bloom ...

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

Flies are no longer visiting. What’s wrong, and what can I try to do? Will it try to bloom next year? I love your question.

Many plants smell "good" — to humans that is — but some go several steps in the other direction, presenting themselves to the world as dead, decaying animal flesh. Instead of bright, attractive ...

Flies were collected in traps around the carcasses. The average number of flies over a 10 day period doubled when vultures were not present. Photo courtesy of Julia Grootaers.

This enormous flower emits a scent mimicking rotting flesh. It evolved that way to attract carrion flies for pollination. Descriptions include notes of spoiled meat, fishy socks, and sweaty armpits.