Rafflesia cantleyi is one of the strangest organisms on Earth. It has no leaves, no roots, and no stem—only thread-like ...

The world’s largest flower, known as Rafflesia arnoldii, can be found in the rainforests of Asia. It can grow up to 3 feet in diameter and weigh as much as 15 pounds. Rafflesia arnoldii is believed to ...

New study finds that most Rafflesia species, which produce the world’s largest flowers, face extinction. Lack of protection at local, national, and international levels means that remaining ...

A bright red flower reeking of decomposing flesh has bloomed in Indonesia which is more than three feet across (117cm), making it one of the biggest flowers in the world. Rafflesia tuan-mudae has ...

Many flowers compete with one another to attract butterflies, birds and bees for pollination, but at least two species of flowering plants have enhanced their ability to attract insects in unique ways ...

A man in Indonesia stumbled upon a rare and unusually big flower while he was trekking through a forest. It turns out that the flower has the distinction of being the world's largest and blooms only ...

The large flower’s proper name is Rafflesia tuan-mudae, although most people call it a “corpse flower,” and rightly so – because it smells like rotten meat when it’s in full bloom. According to ...

LAGUNA, Philippines – With five tongue-like petals encircling its bowl-shaped center, and with its distinctive odor, the world’s largest solitary flower – Rafflesia – is hard to miss. But only a few ...

Some plants use insects to carry pollen and use sweet nectar as food to attract bees and moths. New research has revealed that some plants use the 'smell of dead insects' rather than sweet nectar to ...