Floral scents are probably a thing we’re all familiar with as a broad concept, since we’ve all (hopefully) been outside before and seen a flower. But why do flowers smell? Intuitively we might think ...

Schaller and collaborators then identified what kicks off the corpse flower’s thermogenesis, as well as the specific chemical culprits behind its smell. RNA analysis detected the presence of ...

The analysis confirmed high levels of methionine, a sulfur-based amino acid, in tissues collected as flowering began. Methionine, known for vaporizing when heated, contributes to the corpse flower’s ...

The plant, which blooms only once a decade, emits a smell described as similar to rotting flesh to attract pollinators. This endangered species is being carefully monitored by garden specialists ...

All prices were accurate at the time of publishing. A kitchen can hold a plethora of smells, some good and some bad. Despite my rigorous cleaning routine, there are days when my kitchen gets stinkier ...

To draw them, the plant engages in mimesis: its smell resembles a dead animal, its flowers are the deep red of congealed blood. Its scent comes from a suite of volatile molecules, including ...

A heatmap of titan arum, or the corpse flower, shows that the plant’s central towering spike known as the appendix heats up to about 20 degrees Fahrenheit over the ambient temperature when the flower ...