“Carnivory is primarily an adaptation for plants to get nutrients in low nutrient environments,” says Coogan. Carnivorous plants feed on insects to obtain the nitrogen, phosphorus, and other organic ...

Long a sanctuary for native flora and exotic animals, the Seoul Grand Park Botanical Garden is turning the spotlight on nature’s most cunning ...

Doctors are seeing more cases of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) than ever before. Now they need to figure out how to treat it. Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) is ...

September sees the return of fungus gnats, but there's a very easy, very lovely way to control them: grow a butterwort as a houseplant and it'll eat them all up. Butterworts are carnivorous plants ...

Breakfast isn’t just about what you eat — it may also matter when you eat. But it’s not the same for everyone. “There isn’t one universal ‘best time’ to eat breakfast,” says Zaid Jabbar, MD, a ...

Eating within a shorter daily window may help protect certain thinking skills as people age. In a small six-month trial, older women who limited eating to about 8 to 9 hours a day performed better on ...

Scientists are uncovering how the volume of food on your plate affects appetite and satiety—challenging the idea that cutting portions is the most effective strategy. For decades, weight loss has been ...

Carnivorous plants of the genus Pinguicula (butterworts) from Mexico apparently use the same water-saving photosynthesis type as many succulent plants, such as cacti. Botanists from the SNSB and LMU ...

As a dietitian, it’s usually me dishing out the leafy-green advice. While the kale vs. spinach debate is really up to you, when my editor tasked me with eating spinach every day for a week, I jumped ...

As a dietitian, I’m constantly telling people to eat more fruits and vegetables. So, when my editor challenged me to practice what I preach in a very specific way—eating an apple every day for a ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A new kind of greenery is taking root in the Triad, and it bites! Carnivorous Plants by Kenny Coogan, Winston-Salem’s largest carnivorous plant nursery, will make its debut at ...

It’s tempting to eat all day long — starting with breakfast in the morning and ending with a snack late at night.But that eating pattern has come under scrutiny for its negative impact on weight loss ...