In the world of plants, most use sunlight and soil to survive. But some have a very different way to live. Carnivorous plants ...

The idea has stuck with us so strongly that we have turned human-eating plants into a sci-fi staple, even though such organisms may seem to us primordial or better suited to some prehistoric moment.

But nature has so much more to it! Did you know some plants actually eat animals? Yes, it is indeed true and immensely fascinating, right? These carnivorous plant species have unique ways of ...

The reasoning behind these rules makes sense once you know the unique natural history of carnivorous plants. Although the most well-known carnivorous plant, the Venus flytrap, is native only to a ...

Carnivorous plants feed on insects and use a variety of sneaky and sometimes gruesome ways to lure, trap and devour their prey. Question: I was recently gifted a Venus fly trap plant and would ...

Former bug-eating plants, which evolved to feed on animal droppings instead, have a more nutritious diet than their carnivorous cousins, a new study finds. When you purchase through links on our ...

But the big question remained: How did evolution equip these dietary mavericks with the means to eat meat? There’s no evidence that carnivorous plants acquired any of their beastly habits by ...

Insects have plenty to beware when it comes to carnivorous plants. Add an acid-loving fungus to that list of dangers. Sundew plants have tentacle-like leaves that curl around and entrap flies and ...

I was looking for one plant in particular-tiny, carnivorous sundews. We found them, nestled into the damp sphagnum, glistening with sticky drops of liquid. As a biologist and biology teacher ...