Carnivorous plants are special plants that eat insects and small animals. Most plants make their own food using sunlight, water, and air. But carnivorous plants grow in places where the soil does not ...

In Florida’s wetlands, the carnivorous pitcher plant is blurring the lines between predator and ally. Home to entire unique ecosystems, there are more to these ancient organisms than many realize. So ...

Carnivorous plants are plants that prey on insects and serve as nutrient sources, unlike the general image of plants that plants obtain nutrients from photosynthesis and soil. A study that traces the ...

Some plants survive by doing things you wouldn’t expect, and the pitcher plant is one of the boldest examples. At first glance it looks harmless, with its tall, tube shaped leaves and striking colours ...

Nature's ingenuity shines through carnivorous plants, which have evolved remarkable strategies to thrive in nutrient-poor soils. From sticky traps to pitcher-like snares and swift closures, these ...

Pitcher plants Pitcher plants feature tubular leaves that form deep cavities filled with digestive fluid. Insects are attracted by nectar and bright colours; once inside, they slip into the fluid and ...

Triantha occidentalis is a plant that is widely distributed on the west coast of North America and inland Montana, and grows mainly in swamps and wetlands. Triantha occidentalis, which grows close to ...

You know a pitcher plant when you see one. Marked by vicious-looking “pitfall traps” rimmed by a slippery surface and filled with a fluid that drowns and dissolves insects, the plants are unmistakable ...

Peggy Singlemann visits Dr. Phil Sheridan at Meadowview Biological Research Station in Woodford to learn about pitcher plants and explore a rare gravel bog ecosystem where these unique native plants ...

PHOTOS of Nepenthes megastoma, a newly described critically endangered species endemic to Palawan, Philippines, show its lower pitcher (Photo a) and two distinct variant forms of its upper pitcher ...

A new species of the pitcher plant has been found in in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, but it is currently in danger of going extinct. Researchers John Charles A. Altomonte, John Paul R. Collantes, ...