SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Crowds lined up in San Francisco on Wednesday to see — and smell — the blooming of an endangered tropical flower that releases a pungent odor when it opens once every several ...

A corpse flower blooming in San Francisco is drawing in crowds anxious to smell the plant’s unique scent! The California Academy of Sciences has named the rare plant Mirage, and the museum announced ...

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Does the stench from a corpse flower live up to its namesake? A couple of Twin Cities morticians stood in line at the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory to find out. Angela Woosley and Angelica Napoli ...

DOVER, Massachusetts (WBZ) — An extremely rare and foul-smelling flower has reached its peak bloom in Dover, Massachusetts. The amorphophallus titanum, or corpse flower, only blooms once every 10 ...