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.

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

Commonly called the "corpse flower," Amorphophallus titanum is endangered ... all plants in that population are more likely to suffer. We don't think people are consciously making the choice ...

Incomplete data results in reduced genetic diversity and contributes to population decline. Commonly known as the “corpse ...

Plant biologists examined records for nearly 1,200 individual corpse flower plants from 111 institutions ... We don't think people are consciously making the choice to inbreed their plants.

and UC Santa Cruz’s arboretum and botanic garden just saw its corpse flower bloom overnight Monday after initially declaring it unlikely to bloom July 30.) “It’s great for people to learn a ...

Brian O’Brien, resident corpse flower expert, says there is more to the flower than just a bad smell. “And the reason it does this is, of course is to attract pollinators because people don ...

A corpse flower, aptly named Putricia ... samples every two hours from 4 pm until midnight, continuing the next day from midday until 10pm. She described the initial scent as "a combination ...