Thousands of people bore witness to the rare and odorous blooming of Putricia the corpse flower in Sydney, Australia, this week. Reading time 2 minutes This is now officially the year of Putricia, the ...

The stench of death would normally repel sightseers, not attract them. But this week in Sydney, a city known for its beaches and vibrant food scene, crowds flocked to catch a glimpse — and a whiff — ...

SYDNEY (AP) -- The rare unfurling of an endangered plant that emits the smell of decaying flesh drew hundreds of devoted fans Thursday to a greenhouse in Sydney where they joined three-hour lines to ...

SYDNEY (AP) — The rare unfurling of an endangered plant that emits the smell of decaying flesh drew hundreds of devoted fans to a greenhouse in Sydney on Thursday where they joined three-hour lines to ...

Visitors will have a chance Wednesday to experience the pungent smell of the corpse flower that is blooming at St. Paul's Como Park Zoo and Conservatory. The flower, affectionately named "Frederick," ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — The waiting... is the hardest part. OK, the phrase isn't original (apologies to the late Tom Petty) but it certainly applies at Como Zoo, where Frederick the Corpse Flower is finally ...

A very rare and very stinky plant was drawing long lines in Brooklyn this weekend as locals sought to get a whiff of the flower dubbed "Smelliot” by staff at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. “It smells ...

The corpse flower already sounds creepy, but people across the country are even more creeped out because these rare blossoms are all blooming at the same time. The flower, which is actually an entire ...

The air was thick with both anticipation and a pungent smell as visitors flocked to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden last weekend for a chance to see a rare flower bloom. The Amorphophallus gigas—a cousin ...

When's the last time you heard of thousands of visitors waiting their turn to smell rotten flesh? It happened during the last weekend in June at Indiana University, when a corpse flower named Wally ...

A rare corpse flower is about to bloom in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Horticultural Society in Dover is delighted to host the rare amorphophallus titanum for its long, long-awaited bloom.