A carnivorous pitcher plant big enough to gobble up rats has been named in honor of British TV naturalist David Attenborough. "It's just a compliment," Attenborough told The Times of London, "but it's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carnivorous plants flip the rules of the food chain by trapping insects and small animals to extract valuable nutrients that the ...

The Venus flytrap Dionaea muscipula is the most sophisticated of the carnivorous plants. Its traps snap shut in a fraction of a second, imprisoning prey in a cage of teeth that line the edges of the ...

Plants that feed on meat and animal droppings have evolved at least ten times through evolutionary history Riley Black | Science Correspondent A Cape sundew wraps its sticky leaves around a helpless ...

Q. Most examples of unusual wildlife are animals. Which plants do you think are notable, or at least interesting, in some way? A. I have received this question before, the first time being from Joab ...

In Florida’s wetlands, the carnivorous pitcher plant is blurring the lines between predator and ally. Home to entire unique ecosystems, there are more to these ancient organisms than many realize. So ...

Acid-filled pitchers complete with fangs. Labyrinthine chambers decorated with bristles. Leaves that snap shut in less than a second. Employing strategies like these, carnivorous plants have a ...