Sarracenia pitcher plants, found in bogs throughout eastern ... which go from the odor of green grass to floral or even fruity odors.” These odors are caused by volatile organic compounds ...

In the case of the East Asian pitcher plant, this mutational freedom may have even fine-turned its ability to capture prey and satisfy its appetite for “meat.” That’s just one of the findings in a new ...

In these nutrient-poor soils, the plants’ animal diets provide them with nitrogen that might otherwise be lacking. A pale green butterfly senses nectar and alights on a rare California pitcher ...

Former bug-eating plants, which evolved to feed on animal droppings instead, have a more nutritious diet than their carnivorous cousins, a new study finds. When you purchase through links on our ...

This is an American green treefrog in a carnivorous green pitcher plant, Coosa Bog Preserve, The Nature Conservancy, Alabama. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy ...

Despite their name, not all purple pitcher plants are purple, said Ellison. Some are a mix of red and green, while some — like the ones I found — are just green. The more sun they’re exposed ...

The Green Planet, Dubai’s only indoor tropical rainforest, is taking guests into the fascinating world of predatory plants with the launch of the Middle East’s first Carnivorous Plants exhibit ...