Something wickedly wonderful is about to debut at Norfolk Botanical Garden (NBG). The rare corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum) is expected to bloom within days, offering visitors a ...

You wait years for this massive flower to open its petals, and when it finally does – it smells like rotting flesh. Norfolk ...

More than 10 months after the Norfolk Botanical Garden (NBG) received a rare corpse flower, it’s getting ready to bloom! The ...

Scarlet, the famous corpse flower at San Francisco’s Conservatory of Flowers, is expected to bloom any day now. Here’s how to ...

A rare 'corpse flower' is about to bloom at McKee Botanical Garden in Vero Beach. Watch the smelly event live online.

India’s top anti-crime agency has arrested the mother-in-law of an Indian woman whose death has sparked conflicting claims of murder and suicide. Twisha Sharma’s parents and siblings have alleged that ...

"Here comes the motherf***ing bride!" insists a spectral Mary Shelley, the quasi-narrator of Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride!, who lives solely in the conscience of our titular character. Frankenstein's ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Welsh comedian Paul Whitehouse is best known for appearing in the iconic sketch series The Fast Show – here's everything you need to know about the comedy icon. Paul Whitehouse has earned himself ...

There are many stories of vampirism in Ireland. This is the tragic Waterford legend of love lost and a female vampire, the Dearg Dur. Arranged marriages were not uncommon in Ireland’s past. Centuries ...

In the end, the scoreline told the truth. Ballyboden were better — and no one leaving this Leinster SFC club final could mount a case to the contrary. Athy battled, even rallied in moments, but this ...

We’ve all been there. The dreaded holiday small talk with far-flung relatives and nosy neighbors back home, asking such ominous questions as, “So what is it that you actually do?” For those moments ...