The best time to see this plant is in the morning, just as the sun is coming up, while you quietly paddle in the backwater ...

Carnivorous plants flip the rules of the food chain by trapping insects and small animals to extract valuable nutrients that ...

Carnivorous plants have developed specialized structures to capture and digest prey for essential nutrients in nutrient-poor ...

ELKHART, Ind. -- The Wellfield Botanic Gardens is hosting a horticulture class about carnivorous plants on September 28. The event takes place from 9 a.m. until 10 a.m. and features local enthusiast ...

While the carnivorous cravings of most flesh-eating plants are limited to small insects, one exception is the pitcher plant. It can consume anything that fits in its mouthincluding a mouse!

It draws insects into its slippery, deep pit filled with digestive enzymes; once inside, the prey is unable to escape the pitcher's slippery walls and is gradually broken down by the enzymes. The ...