Carnivorous Plants Have Been Trapping Animals for Millions of Years. So Why Have They Never Grown Larger? Plants that feed on meat and animal droppings have evolved at least ten times through ...

A newly described species of pitcher plant, one of the largest and furriest ever found, has been identified on a wild mountain in Borneo, Malaysia. The underside of the leaves of Nepenthes ...

How it works: The plant’s slippery mouth, which is a modified leaf resembling an elongated pitcher, attracts insects by scent or secretion.

Insects have plenty to beware when it comes to carnivorous plants. Add an acid-loving fungus to that list of dangers. Sundew plants have tentacle-like leaves that curl around and entrap flies and ...

A new species of pitcher plant was discovered on Mt. Kampalili in Davao de Oro, which is part of the Eastern Mindanao Biodiversity Corridor. The Nepenthes Kampalili (N. Kampalili) is unique to the ...

Scientists have found a carnivorous plant that grows prey-trapping contraptions underground. No other species of such a plant is known to science.

A scientific study of pitcher plants species that use the same complex ‘springboard’ mechanism for insect capture has revealed an explanation for how complex traits requiring multiple components may ...

Researchers have shown that the shape, size, and geometry of carnivorous pitcher plants determines the type of prey they trap.

The US Botanic Garden's carnivorous plant collection features sticky traps, digestive juices, and sweet-smelling lures.