Rare rotting-flesh smelling flower blooming at a Massachusetts college

The pungent flower in question is a tropical plant called titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum), a species of corpse flower.

Mount Holyoke’s corpse flower blooms again, drawing crowds to its ‘rotting flesh’ stench

Crowds gathered at Mount Holyoke College’s Talcott Greenhouse to witness the rare bloom of “Pangy,” a corpse flower known for ...
People

Half the Officers in a Colorado Sheriff’s Office, Including Sheriff’s Son, Indicted for Abuse of a Corpse, Excessive Force

Four of the seven law enforcement officers at the Costilla County Sheriff’s Office, as well as a former deputy, were charged in two incidents 12th Judicial District Attorney’s Office Officers at the ...
FOX31 Denver

Costilla County sheriff, deputies accused of assault, abuse of corpse

DENVER (KDVR) — The sheriff, undersheriff and deputies of the Costilla County Sheriff’s Office were indicted by a grand jury on multiple charges for various alleged crimes on Thursday. The 12th ...
Gizmodo

‘Last of Us’ Spider Pretends to Be a Zombie Fungus—and It’s Bizarrely Brilliant

A newly discovered species of spider has been found working pretty hard to convince prospective prey in the Amazon that it’s already safely dead. The result is a creature that looks a lot like the ...
loudwire

‘They Feel Threatened by My Presence’ – Why Chris Barnes Will ‘Never’ Play With Cannibal Corpse Again

Ex-Cannibal Corpse vocalist Chris Barnes (who founded and currently fronts Six Feet Under) has been estranged from his former band since his dismissal in 1995. In a new interview, he explained that he ...
New York Post

Creepy, ‘parachuting’ spiders continue to spread in US with sightings in at least a dozen states

A hand-sized spider from Asia that can travel by air is expanding its US web presence, penetrating deeper into the country than ever — with the potential to invade the Northeast. This golden arachnid, ...
The New York Times

‘The Last of Us’ on Eight Legs

A newly discovered species of spider in the Ecuadorean Amazon mimics a pathogen, known as a zombie fungus, to protect itself. By Alexa Robles-Gil Alexander Bentley, a herpetologist, often leads ...
Los Angeles Times

‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ trailer teases Peter Parker’s mutating powers and ‘rebirth’

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The first trailer for “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” includes glimpses of Bruce Banner, the Punisher, Boomerang and ...
Polygon

Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer date confirmed, with Spider-fans dropping first looks

The first trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day is coming on Wednesday, March 18, star Tom Holland has confirmed. But hungry true believers can already chew on the morsels of that new trailer in the ...
Scientific American

How the corpse flower came to be so weird

The blooming of a titan arum, or corpse plant, is a spectacle like none other in the plant world. A pale spike resembling the decaying finger of a buried giant pushes up from the earth until it towers ...