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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. The ...

Nature's ingenuity shines through carnivorous plants, which have evolved remarkable strategies to thrive in nutrient-poor soils. From sticky traps to pitcher-like snares and swift closures, these ...

Carnivorous plants of the genus Pinguicula (butterworts) from Mexico apparently use the same water-saving photosynthesis type as many succulent plants, such as cacti. Botanists from the SNSB and LMU ...

Most carnivorous plants colonize wet, nutrient-poor habitats such as bogs or swamps. One of the few exceptions is the genus Pinguicula, known as butterworts: more than half of the approximately 110 ...

Some plants have evolved fascinating ways to supplement their nutrient intake by trapping and digesting insects. These carnivorous plants have developed specialised mechanisms to capture prey, ...

The Mid-Atlantic Carnivorous Plant Society (MACPS) will present its first-ever Plant Show on Saturday, Oct. 11, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Haverford College. Tickets are $5 and on sale now. The one-day ...

Meet the butterwort - a carnivorous plant with a deceptively gentle look and a killer cling. In this video, we take a close-up look at how this sticky-leaved predator traps and digests its prey, using ...

On a bright, sunny day in mid-June, a friend and I strolled on the Lower Loop trail at Eaglecrest. Out in the meadows, we found the white flowers of starflower and three-leaf goldthread; long-leaf and ...

In this segment of The Lake Superior Project, we meet Joe Kravetz, a long-time volunteer for the North Country Trail Association. Joe is from Ironwood, Michigan and by his own description is “pushing ...