This classic carnivore has jaw-like traps that snap shut on unsuspecting insects, digesting them with enzymes. Found mainly in North Carolina, it’s one of the best-known predatory plants. With tubular ...

The idea of flesh-eating plants may seem like the stuff of horror films, but we do have a few carnivorous wild plants in Ireland. In far-off tropical climes some exotic carnivorous plants have been ...

PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON / The sumptuous wine-red leaves of the Northern pitcher plant are extremely attractive and potentially deadly to insects. Note the downward-pointing “hairs” on the lid of the ...