Visitors are invited to come to smell the corpse flower’s rotten perfume during extended opening hours at the botanic garden before the flower withers and dies.

“We’re incredibly lucky to have a second Corpse Flower plant enter the flower stage,” Prof Summerell said. “This is an amazing opportunity for us to take the lessons we learnt from Putricia and ...

Despite being generally docile, possums can cause a lot of damage. Keep them away from your yard with this common kitchen spice.

Our next statewide election will take place in November, but voters have a chance to cast ballots in another contest right ...

Affectionately dubbed Putricia, it will release a smell described as "wet socks, hot cat food, or rotting possum flesh". The ...

or rotting possum flesh". The long wait to see Putricia fully unfurl has spawned jokes and even a unique lingo in the livestream's chat, with thousands commenting "WWTF", or "We Watch the Flower".