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 ...
At least five species of pitcher plant were documented in Barangay San Miguel, Arakan, Cotabato. According to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-SOCCSKSARGEN (DENR-12), the plants ...
Carnivorous plants are some of the most fascinating species in nature. Plants like Venus flytraps, pitcher plants, sundews, and others get their nutrients by catching flying insects with sticky ...
Jerry looks at the curious and slightly gruesome pitcher plants, which boost their nutrient intake by trapping and digesting insects. He says they are relatively easy to grow but have a few quirks ...
The pitcher plant Nepenthes x ventrata is gorgeous and popular with horticulturists, but it’s deadly for the insects that fall into the trap for which it is named. Yet the enzymes in the digestive ...
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 ...
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 ...