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Inconsistent data may be hurting conservation efforts for these endangered plants, known for attracting visitors to their ...
Due to the peak bloom’s short window, Policicchio is inviting locals to his office, 933 Butternut Drive, from 8:30-a.m.-5 p.m ...
The first episode explores tropical rainforests ... One of the stars of the show is the 'corpse flower', the world's biggest and stinkiest bloom, which consumes 50,000 leaves per day!
And anyone brave enough to take a sniff of the Voodoo Lily — or Corpse Lily — at Winnipeg’s Sage Garden Greenhouse is finding out not all flowers in bloom have beautiful aromas. The greenhouse has ...
Much like people, some animals take to parenthood later than usual. A pair of Western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have just become parents as they approach the century ...
The endangered “corpse flower” (Amorphophallus titanum) faces pressure from habitat loss, climate change, and invasive species. Unfortunately, a new study reveals that there is yet another threat: ...
The first major frontier of “de-extinction” has just been crossed. Earlier today, the company Colossal Biosciences reported that its scientists have successfully brought back a version of the ...
Titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) is a rock star in the plant world. The infrequent and foul-smelling blooms of the so-called “corpse flower” — housed in botanic gardens and arboretums around the ...
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.
Plant biologists examined records for nearly 1,200 individual corpse flower plants from 111 institutions around the world. The data and records were severely lacking and not standardized.
Commonly called the "corpse flower," Amorphophallus titanum is endangered for many reasons, including habitat destruction, climate change and encroachment from invasive species. Now, plant biologists ...
Commonly called the "corpse flower," Amorphophallus titanum is endangered for many reasons, including habitat destruction, climate change and encroachment from invasive species. Now, plant ...