Corpse flower numbers are decreasing worldwide. Discover why conservation efforts struggle to maintain a healthy population.

Plant biologists examined records for nearly 1,200 individual corpse flower plants from 111 institutions around the world.

"I study human remains—specifically the odor of decomposition," Thurn said. "When I heard the corpse flower, Amorphophallus titanum, was blooming, I thought, 'Does it really smell like human ...

Commonly called the "corpse flower," Amorphophallus titanum is endangered for many reasons, including habitat destruction, ...

You don't often find crowds of people flocking together to take in the pungent scent of rotting flesh, but that's exactly what happens every time a corpse flower blooms at a public garden.

Newly published research suggests that despite all the pampering corpse flower plants receive from their curators, ...

The corpse flower's "perfume" is so important in attracting pollinators that the plant will even chemically heat up to about human body temperature in order to help release its scent. Hint ...

Commonly called the “corpse flower,” Amorphophallus titanum is endangered for many reasons, including habitat destruction, climate change and encroachment from invasive species. Now ...

Plant biologists examined records for nearly 1,200 individual corpse flower plants from 111 institutions around the world. The data and records were severely lacking and not standardized.