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 ...

If you're looking for a unique new houseplant or a conversation piece for your indoor garden, you might want to consider pitcher plants. These carnivorous beauties stand out among the rest of your ...

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 ...

Grow carnivorous pitcher plants indoors and your guests will never forget them! These ferocious beauties are easily identified by modified leaves that bear an uncomfortable similarity to male anatomy.

Sarracenia pitcher plants, found in bogs throughout eastern North America, look like trumpet-shaped flowers, often in purplish or reddish hues. But looks can be deceiving. The striking "flowers" are ...

Carnivorous plants consume other living creatures for their food. Learn facts about growing Venus flytraps, pitcher plants and more.

Watch how a carnivorous trumpet pitcher is growing, eating, and digesting insects in this 4K time-lapse video.

Peggy Singlemann visits Dr. Phil Sheridan at Meadowview Biological Research Station in Woodford to learn about pitcher plants and explore a rare gravel bog ecosystem where these unique native plants ...

An insect in a wetland where frogs and toads are singing had better be careful. These amphibians serve as a natural insect control. Bugs form a major part of their diet. If the wetland is an acidic ...

ENCINITASENCINITAS — A Venus flytrap will be among a slew of meat-eating plants coming to the San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas as part of the traveling exhibition Savage Gardens “The Real and ...

I am still catching my breath from the whirlwind of Earth Month activities in April, and I’m glad I blocked out time on my calendar to enjoy the nature that I work to protect. Saturday mornings are ...