It’s hot, it’s sticky, and it smells like death. But time and again, hundreds of visitors flock to The Huntington Library’s muggy conservatory each year to see the infamous corpse flower.

Researchers have revealed the genetic and chemical reasons behind the titan arum’s unique warming mechanism and putrid scent.

Dartmouth scientists sniff out the genes — and identify a new chemical compound — that drive titan arum's pungent odor. The unusual odor of the titan arum, commonly called the corpse flower because ...

The tall and rare plant is commonly known as the titan arum, or “corpse flower.” One whiff is all the explanation necessary. When another corpse flower bloomed earlier this year at the ...

The Ohio State Highway Patrol is searching for a semi truck involved in a hit-and-run crash on Interstate 77 near Strasburg that led to the death of Bolivar man. A local pizza delivery driver is ...

It’s the so-called “corpse flower,” or Amorphophallus Titanum ... visitors have described the smell as similar to a dead mouse or a stinky pond, the city website said.

The corpse flower lives up to its nickname. Native to Sumatran rainforests of Indonesia, the giant tropical plant ... country are swapping pollen to stay stinky.] “This helps us see what genes ...

The unusual odor of the titan arum, commonly called the corpse flower because its scent is ... plant's signature scent derived from a cocktail of stinky sulfur-based compounds that attract the ...

The corpse flower is native to the dense rainforests ... This is where the plant stores the energy it will need to make its giant stinky spadix. Not surprisingly, it does not have the energy ...

A stinky flower in Colorado bloomed this ... Throughout the year, the corpse flower produces a giant stem-like structure and a leaf but goes dormant in the fall when students return to campus ...