A study suggests that pitcher plants tailor the smells they produce to woo particular kinds of insects. By Veronique Greenwood Pitcher plants supplement their diets with this one strange trick: eating ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Carnivorous plants come in a variety of shapes and colors—and it ...

Illegally introduced purple pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea), also known as the northern pitcher plant, turtle socks, or side-saddle flower, growing in the wild in Dorset, UK. This carnivorous ...

Pitcher plants (Nepenthes spp.), also known as tropical pitcher plants or Asian pitcher plants, are colorful carnivorous plants that feed on insects by capturing them in cup-shaped structures that ...

Carnivorous plants flip the rules of the food chain by trapping insects and small animals to extract valuable nutrients that the plants can't absorb from the soil. Not only does this alien-looking ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. TIME AND AGAIN, plants have evolved the ability to eat animals ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Possessing more than two complete sets of chromosomes can be a hindrance to long-term survival of a plant lineage, yet scientists are also finding evidence it’s likely behind some ...

IDAHO, USA — Most animals eat plants, but there are some plants that eat animals. Rather, insects. On this edition of You Can Grow It, KTVB's Garden Master Jim Duthie shows us some of the carnivorous ...

Carnivorous plants are interesting members of the plant world that have evolved to trap and digest animals, mostly insects, to survive. These plants thrive in places where the soil is poor in ...

In Florida’s wetlands, the carnivorous pitcher plant is blurring the lines between predator and ally. Home to entire unique ecosystems, there are more to these ancient organisms than many realize. So ...

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Peggy Singlemann visits Dr. Phil Sheridan at Meadowview Biological Research Station in Woodford to learn about pitcher plants and explore a rare gravel bog ecosystem where these unique native plants ...