We know about Venus' flytrap plants, but the better-looking tropical pitcher plants have not gotten the press or the notoriety of the former. They are known botanically as Nepenthes or monkey cups, as ...

Carnivorous plants survive in nutrient-poor areas by trapping insects for food. Here are 10 well-known species from around the world, as noted across studies by botanists and nature researchers.

Nature's ingenuity shines through carnivorous plants, which have evolved remarkable strategies to thrive in nutrient-poor ...

Here we see the pitcher plant Nepenthes macrophylla with animal droppings stuck on the side of its tubular trap. A group of former carnivorous plants have given up catching creepy crawlies and instead ...

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 ...

As plants in the garden or inside the home, carnivorous pitchers are guaranteed to become the subject of conversation at every party. These ferocious beauties are easily identified by modified leaves ...

Creepy, hungry things grow in Charles Lamb’s house. Sticky, hairy plants with pouches and traps lure flies, gnats and spiders to their demise. Bog-loving plants in aquariums also have an appetite for ...

Not having luck growing carnivorous plants at home? Jacob Soule talks carnivorous plant soil requirements, pitcher plant varieties, sundew plant care, and more. In this episode of Mother Earth News ...

An international team of researchers led by Dr. Ulrike Bauer from the University of Bristol investigated two tropical pitcher plant species separated by 4,000 km of open ocean: The Slender Pitcher ...