Welcome to the strangest landlord-tenant agreement in nature. Pitcher plants may look like innocent greenery, but they run a tight (and deadly) operation. In this episode, we explore how these ...

Carnivorous plants have developed a terrific array of weird and wonderful adaptations that help them flourish in nutrient-poor environments. Enter the world of predatory plants (if you dare) and ...

It is also home to a number of other species of carnivorous plants, less famous and more widespread but no less bizarre. You can find pitcher plants with leaves like champagne flutes, into which ...

Pitcher plants: Plants in genera like Nepenthes and Sarracenia capture insects in their liquid-filled cups or tubelike structures. Some species of pitcher plants can grow quite large, so they may ...

Pitcher plants are carnivores that use nectar at the rim of their tube-like structure to attract prey such as insects and small vertebrates. A slippery substance at the rim causes these animals to ...

Here’s how. Plants can talk. Yes, really. Here’s how. Horrific summer travels? These tales are worse. Horrific summer travels? These tales are worse. New type of carnivorous plant found in ...

While the carnivorous cravings of most flesh-eating plants are limited to small insects, one exception is the pitcher plant. It can consume anything that fits in its mouthincluding a mouse!

KOTA KINABALU: The highly adaptable pitcher plant is facing threats in Sabah, with seven species listed as threatened on the International Union for Conser­vation of Nature Red List. Conservation ...