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 ...

Triphyophyllum peltatum is an unusual plant that naturally grows in the West African tropics. It also produces compounds that could have important medical uses. Some research has indicated that ...

Pitcher plants are easy to propagate and turn into new plants. They should be propagated roughly every three years to keep ...

Carnivorous plants have fed our imaginations since the dawn of our time. Charles Darwin called the most popular variety, the Venus flytrap, the “most wonderful plant on earth.” Even the film The ...

Anna: They snap, they trap, they stick, and they suck. This is the bizarre world of carnivorous plants—leafy creatures that eat everything from insects, to crustaceans, to mammals. I’m Anna, and this ...

The Venus flytrap Dionaea muscipula is the most sophisticated of the carnivorous plants. Its traps snap shut in a fraction of a second, imprisoning prey in a cage of teeth that line the edges of the ...

Scientists have discovered a carnivorous plant that grows prey-trapping contraptions underground, feeding off subterranean creatures such as worms, larvae and beetles.The newly found species of ...

Wilkes-Barre Academy teacher Theresa Celestine and her husband, Dr. Jeremy Celestine, applied for and were awarded a grant to ...

A PREVIOUSLY unknown species of carnivorous pitcher plant found only in Palawan has been flagged as critically endangered, after scientists documented an extremely small and fragile population ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Carnivorous plants seem like the ultimate flora. Not content with ...

If you followed a vegan, flexitarian, or carnivore diet in 2025, here’s how to measure the effect of your food choices on the ...

The carnivore diet has exploded in popularity since 2018, with thousands of people reporting dramatic transformations from eating exclusively animal products. What started as an extreme dietary ...