As Dr Martin Cheek points out, tropical pitcher plants “are unique because some species have the largest animal traps known in the plant world, and attract, trap and digest, not just large ...

Pitcher plants from tropical regions prefer temperatures in the 70s and 80s during the day and in the mid-60s at night. They can tolerate temperatures down to around 55°F or so, but exposure to ...

Their compact size and insect-eating abilities make butterworts a great addition to any carnivorous plant collection!

Let’s explore five of these incredible plant varieties that reflect just how fascinating the natural world can be! Nepenthes rajah is an astonishing tropical pitcher plant belonging to Sumatra ...

Carnivorous pitcher plants from the tropical island of Borneo (Brunei) demonstrate this quite impressively. These plants use funnel-shaped pitfall traps, or pitchers, with slippery… ...

Asia is the most mountainous continent on earth. From the tropical south to its barren centre, its highest places are home to ...

Inspired by the carnivorous tropical pitcher plant, Nepenthes alata, whose rim has a surface with multiscale structure to allow for quick, unidirectional water transport, researchers at Beihang ...

Carnivorous plants capture and digest insects to obtain nutrients, adapting to nutrient-poor soils. Their modified leaves, or pitchers, trap prey with slippery walls and hairs, leading to drowning ...

While you might think it would be prudent for animals to avoid these plants where possible, some bats voluntarily clamber inside them. Woolly bats are known to roost in Nepenthes hemsleyana, a ...

The tropical pitcher plant or monkey plant, better known as periuk kera, is more than a carnivorous creeper. Among the Orang Asli community, the cupped leaves of the plant are used as a base for ...