False asphodel, a flower that grows in the high-altitude wetlands of western North America, gets much of its nutrients from eating insects. Western false asphodel has pretty white flowers and hairs on ...

Scientists have discovered a carnivorous plant that grows prey-trapping contraptions underground, feeding off subterranean creatures such as worms, larvae and beetles.The newly found species of ...

Illegally introduced purple pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea), also known as the northern pitcher plant, turtle socks, or side-saddle flower, growing in the wild in Dorset, UK. This carnivorous ...

The Mid-Atlantic Carnivorous Plant Society (MACPS) will present its first-ever Plant Show on Saturday, Oct. 11, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Haverford College. Tickets are $5 and on sale now. The one-day ...

The Florida Panhandle is teeming with carnivorous plant species. In fact, there are more here than any other place in the United States. This isn’t surprising considering that they thrive in wet, ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. From sticky “flypaper” to lightning-fast suction, carnivorous plants have evolved various ...

Have you heard of a pitcher plant? It’s one of four carnivorous types of plants that live in Texas. A carnivorous plant? Yes! Carnivorous plants meet most of their nutritional needs through the fluids ...

A study suggests that pitcher plants tailor the smells they produce to woo particular kinds of insects. By Veronique Greenwood Pitcher plants supplement their diets with this one strange trick: eating ...

Scientists have found plants in a remote part of Canada that eat salamanders, in what is believed to be a first in North America. The vertebrate-eating, bell-shaped pitcher plants live in the western, ...

Nepenthes khasiana oozes an enticing liquid on the rim of its pitchers that tempts its prey into a deadly trap A carnivorous pitcher plant has recently been found to use a chemical nerve agent to drug ...