The Purple Pitcher Plant is a North American native, mainly found in bogs and swamps. Its tubular, purple-hued leaves evolved to trap and digest insects, making it a fascinating carnivorous plant.

But the purple pitcher plant, which lives in bogs and infertile sandy soils in much of North America, enlists other organisms to digest its food. It is home to an intricate food web of mosquito ...

Scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, discovered and named more than 100 new plants in 2018. Their list of the top new plants includes carnivorous pitcher plants, exotic orchids and ...

is a little complicated; it’s not a plant, animal, or fungus, but it is harmless if you find it in your yard and can be beneficial to biodiversity. Purple pitcher plants are one of the only ...

Previous studies hinted that bacteria living in the mucilage of other carnivorous plants including pitcher plants and bladderworts could aid in digestion. Confirming that a specific microbe can ...

The UK purple sprouting broccoli season runs from January to May. Modern hybrids are bred to extend the season, but they tend to be tough and tasteless. Purple sprouting broccoli should look fresh ...

Nature Plants is an online-only, monthly journal publishing the best research on plants — from their evolution, development, metabolism and environmental interactions to their societal significance.

Senior Editor: Jun Lyu, PhD, Springer Nature, China. Before joining Nature Plants in 2014, Jun received his PhD from the Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he studied ...

Purple is well known for offering some solid discounts year-round, and right now its offering some good reductions ahead of Black Friday in November. The company, which holds a spot in our best ...

Jose Quintana hardly looks like the most dominant pitcher in baseball. The New York Mets’ left-hander is 35 years old, has bounced between seven teams in the last eight seasons and throws a ...

The Purple mattress lineup has evolved since I started testing mattresses. Only one mattress underwent a redesign to improve the edge support. There were three hybrid models called Purple 2 ...