In the realm of botany, certain plants have developed in ways contrary to our imagination. While the majority depend on ...

In the dense jungles and bogs of the world, some plants have taken a radically different evolutionary path. These carnivorous ...

Q. Most examples of unusual wildlife are animals. What plants do you think are notable or at least interesting in some way?

Sundews, the insect eating plant that captivated Charles Darwin: Nature News Susan Pike Portsmouth Herald 0:00 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Carnivorous plants are a fascinating type of plant that catches and digests insects. Since they became known to the general public in the late 1800s, they have evoked ...

The vase-shaped pitcher plants operate in a passive but uncompromising manner, digesting hapless insects that venture over ...

Some carnivorous plants seem to tailor the cocktail of scents they emit to the prey they want to attract, which shows that their smell plays a key role in luring insects and other creatures ...

Get up close with the many ways carnivorous plants lure insects to their doom. Ali Blumenthal, Ellen Airhart Jul 18, 2023 6:00 AM EDT Ali Blumenthal for Popular Science ...

But perhaps the most interesting are the carnivorous plants — sundews and pitcher plants — that are found here and in other bogs across Massachusetts.

Carnivorous plants use various strategies for trapping prey. The Venus fly trap encloses a pair of its lobes around its prey when an insect triggers sensitive hairs inside the plant.

Park ranger Jesse Anderson speaks during a weekly carnivorous plant hike Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Carolina Beach, N.C. Credit: AP/Erik Verduzco Now is an especially good time to take that hike.

ENCINITAS — A Venus flytrap will be among a slew of meat-eating plants coming to the San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas as part of the traveling exhibition Savage Gardens “The Real and ...