While most often its animals that consume plants, the opposite is true in a unique group of plants classified as carnivorous. Reference to the latter often conjures up images from movies of some ...

Carnivorous plants are interesting members of the plant world that have evolved to trap and digest animals, mostly insects, ...

Cultivating a thriving collection of nepenthes, or pitcher plants, can be a gratifying pursuit for plant enthusiasts. These ...

Its dew-covered tentacles trap and digest small insects, using them as food for growth.

inside the plant’s pitchers — creatures that most other pitcher plants are too small to trap. Figure 3. Indumentum of Nepenthes pongoides. (a) Emerging foliage and phyllode bases densely covered ...

Giant pitchers are plants characterized by large, distinctive bell-shaped upper and lower pitchers and narrow, upright lids. The purpose of the pitcher is to capture both rainfall and insects.

Scientists have discovered a new species of pitcher plant with leaves covered in hairs that resemble orangutan fur. It is ...

Discover the astonishing world of plants that mimic animal behavior. From carnivorous sundews and Venus flytraps trapping insects to pitcher plants luring prey with deceptive scents, these ...

“It is a rare day when the humans actually get to win one against the insects,” said Sven Spichiger ... The state continued trapping efforts through this year in Whatcom County.

“It is a rare day when the humans actually get to win one against the insects,” said Sven Spichiger ... good chance that we would just all be living with the northern giant hornet,” Spichiger said.