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It's unclear exactly why these smelly flowers are amongst the world's largest. It's likely because the plant needs to attract flies and beetles from far away, Raguso said.

The smelly plant, said zoo president Tim Morrow, offers “a life lesson.” “Even though you may not succeed on your first attempt, it doesn’t mean you are a failure,” he said. “You can ...

Phil – one of Cal State Long Beach’s rare corpse flowers – is getting ready to bloom, even as early as Saturday, said the university’s botanical curator.

A shy giant of a flower is raising a stink at some half-a-dozen botanic gardens from New York to St. Louis—and botanists say it’s a mystery why so many are blooming at the same time.

Washington D.C.'s hot summer has caused many to sweat it out, but it's just what the city's three corpse flowers, which bloom with a violent stench, needed.

The smelly corpse flower is back -- and this year there are three flowers ready to bloom at the U.S. Botanic Gardens in the nation's capital. The plants went on display Tuesday and are expected to ...

Bumblebees mark the flowers they've visited with smelly footprints, and they can tell the difference between odors from family members' feet and those of strangers. Skip to main content.