The trap of an insect-eating Nepenthes pitcher plant, swarming with nectar-collecting ants. Research from the University of Bristol, UK, has found that, by 'switching off' its traps for part of ...

Thousands of carnivorous and rare tropical plants are hidden inside greenhouses on a dusty Hill Country road. For the first ...

An insect lands on the open leaves of a Venus flytrap plant, drawn to an appealing scent. It noses around and accidentally brushes one of the trap’s trigger hairs. An action potential shoots across ...

Here's how to make your own carnivorous plant terrarium, including what and how to feed these hungry plants. Terrariums provide an attractive way to display plants that trap insects as their food ...

Not all predators are animals. Carnivorous plants, such as the Venus fly trap and the pitcher plant, consume insects. Pitcher plants catch their prey in a pool of water containing digestive ...

it has long been a mystery why mature plants have seemingly ineffective and dry traps up to eight hours a day. To examine the apparent disadvantage of this adaptation, which is nevertheless common ...

Carnivorous plants are interesting members of the plant world that have evolved to trap and digest animals, mostly insects, to survive. These plants thrive in places where the soil is poor in ...

The leaves have sticky tentacles that trap insects, but unlike other carnivorous plants, the dewstick does not digest the trapped insects. Instead, insects of the genus Pameridea prey on the ...

“A carnivorous plant is essentially any plant which is able to trap and digest insects," explained David. "Some will just trap them so these are semi-carniverous.” Some of the plants, normally ...