Rafflesia, the flower species which contains some of the world’s largest flowers, is at risk of extinction, scientists have warned in a new study. The study, co-authored by botanists from the ...

The giant flower is from the world’s oldest and largest species of plant. It has unexpectedly bloomed at a Tokyo park, BBC World reports. This is the first time in five years that the plant has ...

The world's largest flower is in bloom — but you might not want to sniff this one. Known as the "corpse flower," the rafflesia tuan-mudae emits an odor that mimics rotting meat to attract insects, ...

Deep within the rainforests of Southeast Asia is one of the most unusual plants to have been found anywhere in the world. The ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The rafflesia plant is often referred to as ...

Not every flower smells like roses. Take, Rafflesia tuan-mudae, for example, a flower more commonly known as the "stinking corpse lily" or "corpse flower." People who have smelled R. tuan-mudae ...

The plant with the world's largest flower -- typically a full meter across, with a bud the size of a basketball -- evolved from a family of plants whose blossoms are nearly all tiny, botanists write ...

The flower measures roughly an inch across and is at least three times larger than all other known amber-encased blossoms. Carola Radke / Museum für Naturkunde Berlin In 1872, scientists examined a ...