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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Possessing more than two complete sets of chromosomes can be a hindrance to long-term survival of a plant lineage, yet scientists are also finding evidence it’s likely behind some ...

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

[Related: Meet the world’s newest carnivorous plant.] The team found Pinguicula jimburensis on the shore of a highland lagoon over 11,000 feet high and Pinguicula ombrophila on a nearly vertical ...

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.

Meat-eating, man-eating plants were having a moment, and for that you can thank Charles Darwin. Until Darwin’s day, most people refused to believe that plants ate animals.

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 ...