Most plants get on just fine with sunshine, water, and half-decent soil. Carnivorous plants don’t have that option. They tend to live in places where the soil is so poor in nutrients that normal roots ...

In the tropical rainforests of Borneo, it’s a bug-eat-bug world. Many seek protection from predators ten times their size, ...

Carnivorous plants : an introduction -- Venus flytrap -- Eastern North American pitcher plants -- California pitcher plant -- Sundews -- Butterworts -- Bladderworts -- Other possible carnivorous seed ...

These plants thrive in places where the soil is poor in nutrients, making them rely on a unique menu to stay alive. What’s even more interesting is how these plants catch their prey using clever traps ...

The other day I was busying around in the herbarium when a gentleman from the little town of Wagener, South Carolina, dropped by, carrying a bucket. Inside the bucket was a good bit of water, from his ...

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Matthew M. Kaelin, “Voluptuous temptation in carnal bliss” (May 13, 2012), Nepenthes lowii x ventricosa ‘The Succubus’ cultivar (courtesy the artist) Matthew M. Kaelin cultivates the beautiful, fatal ...

These carnivorous plants have evolved in ingenious ways—inspiring innovations from nonstick sprays to water repellants. What other mysteries do pitcher plants hold? A tropical pitcher plant's slippery ...

In Florida’s wetlands the carnivorous pitcher plant is blurring the lines between predator and ally. In Florida’s wetlands, the carnivorous pitcher plant is blurring the lines between predator and ...

Plants that feed on meat and animal droppings have evolved at least ten times through evolutionary history Riley Black | Science Correspondent A Cape sundew wraps its sticky leaves around a helpless ...

There is something so intriguing about carnivorous plants, and having them in your home or garden is certainly a talking point (and a unique way to get rid of flies that annoy you). One popular ...

Pitcher plants are famous for trapping and digesting insects, but some species have evolved an even stranger strategy. Instead of simply eating everything that falls inside, certain pitcher plants ...