Corpse plants definitely earn their nickname. Their pungent odors attract not only the carrion insects – beetles and flies normally drawn to decomposing meat – that pollinate the plants, but also ...

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. In fact, ...

(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 ...