Carnivorous plants encompass a diverse array of taxa that supplement nutrient-poor environments by capturing and digesting animal prey. Their evolution has produced a variety of trap ...

Yet while that bolsters the idea that carnivorous plants acquired their new digestive skills in much the same way, there’s growing suspicion that the same might not be true for the all-important ...

The slender pitcher plant of South-East Asia has a leafy lid that acts like a springboard, launching prey into a deep cavity filled with digestive juices. Now, scientists have figured out how this ...

The Cape sundew is a carnivorous plant found in South Africa. The plant’s leaves are covered in tiny red tentacles called glandular trichomes. The tentacles produce drops of sticky mucilage, a ...

A carnivorous pitcher plant (Nepenthes lowii) growing amongst ridge-top vegetation on Mount Murud, Sarawak. (Credit: Jeremiah Harris / CC BY-SA 3.0) It was reported a more than a decade ago that some ...

Some carnivorous plants change their scent to attract different types of prey, mimicking flowers in their luring techniques, and maybe even regulating their digestion. Trumpet pitcher plants, or ...

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Most plants get on just fine with sunshine, water, and half-decent soil. Carnivorous plants don't have that option. They tend to live in places where the soil is so poor in nutrients that normal roots ...

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The Venus flytrap Dionaea muscipula is the most sophisticated of the carnivorous plants. Its traps snap shut in a fraction of a second, imprisoning prey in a cage of teeth that line the edges of the ...