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If you’ve ever wanted to see – and smell – one of the weirdest wonders in the natural world, now’s your chance. The famous Corpse Flower, officially known as Amorphophallus titanum, is blooming right ...

Cosmo, Colorado State University’s stinky and rare corpse flower, bloomed for the first time Saturday night. Hundreds of people are lined up Sunday, completely circling the block on the CSU campus ...

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COSMICALLY COOL: Once the corpse flower does reach its "must bloom now" point, it will be open for a couple of days, give or take, casting its spathe magic on anyone who steps close and leans in for a ...

After the corpse flower at the New York Botanical Garden bloomed for the first time in 1937 and 1939, New Yorkers had to wait 80 years to smell its stench once again. The most recent bloom occurred in ...