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Thousands lined up at UNC Charlotte’s greenhouse to witness Cadavera, a rare corpse flower, whose towering bloom reeked of rotting flesh.

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Vincetoxicum nakaianum tricks flies into pollinating it by imitating the smell of ants attacked by spiders. Ko Mochizuki stumbled upon this finding when he noticed flies clustering around the flowers ...

CHARLESTON -- It has been two years, and the infamous stinky plant in Eastern Illinois University's campus greenhouse is ready to bloom again. The Titan Arum, more commonly known as the "corpse flower ...

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When I was a kid, my friends and I spent long summer days outdoors, picking daisies, observing roly-poly (also known as pill) bugs, holding caterpillars and trying to catch fireflies (lightning bugs).