I’d been bent at the hip like a cartoon detective, snooping around the trail’s edges, for over an hour. Covered in streaks of my own blood, courtesy of the recently satiated mosquitoes I swatted off ...

Tucked into bogs, you’ll find one of Minnesota’s most unusual — and carnivorous — plants, which is easiest to spot this time of year when reddish-purple flowers tower above their unusual leaves.

That this perennial wildflower digests trapped insects suggests that other plants’ appetites for animals may be overlooked. By Asher Elbein This wildflower looks innocent. Found in wetlands not far ...