Dr. Phil Sheridan from the Meadowview Biological Research Station visits the studio to talk with Peggy about bog plants and dissect a pitcher plant to see how many insects it can trap. Featured on VHG ...

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 ...

Close up of Sarracenia pitcher plant - Iryna Boiko/Getty Images There is something so intriguing about carnivorous plants, and having them in your home or garden is certainly a talking point (and a ...

THIS VENUS FLYTRAP HAS CAUGHT SOME PREY. I’M HERE AT VALLEY VIEW FARMS FOR SUNDAY GARDENER. I’M HERE WITH CARRIE INGLE. AND YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE THINK OF CARNIVOROUS PLANTS, THEY THINK OF VENUS ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. From sticky “flypaper” to lightning-fast suction, carnivorous plants have evolved various ...

When you think of carnivorous plants, does the quirky Audrey-2 from Little Shop of Horrors pop into your mind? Well, unlike that famous character, real-life Venus flytraps aren’t into munching on ...

Carnivorous plants are fascinating survivors, thriving in nutrient-poor habitats by evolving unique traps and digestive systems. From Heliamphora’s cool, misty tepui origins to Venus flytraps’ ...

Most carnivorous plants colonize wet, nutrient-poor habitats such as bogs or swamps. One of the few exceptions is the genus Pinguicula, known as butterworts: more than half of the approximately 110 ...

It looks like an ordinary plant. Until it moves. One moment, it’s just another leafy addition on a windowsill. The next it snaps shut on a fly in a fraction of a second, sealing it inside like a ...

To celebrate the rare species, Friends of Lewis Ocean Bay is hosting its inaugural Flytrap Festival. The group hopes to protect the plant.