A rare corpse flower, Amorphophallus titanum, bloomed after 15 years at Canberra's Australian National Botanic Gardens, drawing hundreds of visitors despite its pungent odor. It's the third such bloom ...

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.

Titan arum, known as the corpse flower, in bloom at San Jose State University on July 27, 2022. Photo by Julia Brown. I could smell it before I saw it. After being led up a secured elevator and ...