In the tropical rainforests of Borneo, it’s a bug-eat-bug world. Many seek protection from predators ten times their size, ...

The Cape sundew is a carnivorous plant found in South Africa. The plant’s leaves are covered in tiny red tentacles called glandular trichomes. The tentacles produce drops of sticky mucilage, a ...

This catapults the ants off of the lid and into the pitcher trap below, where the creatures drown and are consumed by digestive juices, BBC News reports. The researchers used high-speed cameras and ...

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 ...

In Florida’s wetlands the carnivorous pitcher plant is blurring the lines between predator and ally. In Florida’s wetlands, the carnivorous pitcher plant is blurring the lines between predator and ...

Pitcher plants are famous for trapping and digesting insects, but some species have evolved an even stranger strategy.

Carnivorous plants are some of the most interesting lifeforms in the world. While most plants rely solely on sunlight and water to survive, carnivorous plants additionally digest insects for added ...