Deep in Southeast Asia’s rainforests blooms a giant flower that smells like rotting flesh. Rare, parasitic and short-lived, Rafflesia arnoldii survives against the odds, but for how long?

Deep within tropical rainforests grows a flower so enormous and rare that it defies nature's norms. Blooming without leaves, ...

Do you know about the world's largest flower? Explore its life as a parasite in Southeast Asian jungles, and why it’s called the ‘Corpse Flower.’ Read on to know more.

The bloom of the giant Rafflesia tuan-mudae only lasts about one week before it withers and rots Indonesian conservationists say they've spotted the biggest specimen ever of what's already been billed ...

A team of scientists from the UK and Indonesia has discovered a rare Rafflesia hasseltii in a rainforest in West Sumatra. Indonesian botanist Septian Andriki and Chris Thorogood, deputy director of ...

Dr. Todd Barkman, a WMU professor of biological sciences, grew up in Pinckney, Mich., a rural area that inspired his interest in plants. While majoring in botany as an undergraduate at Michigan State ...