The corpse plant's bloom appears huge, but its flowers are actually tiny and found in rows inside its floral chamber. John Eisele/Colorado State University Sometimes, doing research stinks. Quite ...

With a stench reminiscent of rotting flesh and a bloom that’s over 4 feet tall and 4 feet wide, the corpse flower is seemingly straight out of Jurassic Park. It drew visitors from across San Luis ...

Thousands of curious visitors are getting a whiff of rotting flesh-like aroma as a rare flower blooms for just the second time in the last 20 years.

Adelaide’s corpse flower has come to life but you better act quick if you want to get a whiff of the giant, foul-smelling ...

Cheese, fermented cabbage, roadkill – these are how some people have described the smell emitting from a corpse flower that ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Sometimes, doing research stinks. Quite literally. Corpse plants are rare, and seeing one bloom is even rarer. They open once every seven to 10 years, and the blooms last just two ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Delphine Farmer, Colorado State University; Mj Riches, Colorado State University, and ...