Researchers have described a new-to-science species of carnivorous plant that’s known from only three locations on the ...

Nature is filled with cylindrical life-forms, from worms to snakes to plant stems. An amusing consequence of this evolution is that there are plenty of organisms resembling the human penis. Some of ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — A FedEx package from Malaysia containing nine Nepenthes species carnivorous plants was intercepted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists (CBPAS) in Honolulu.

Philippine scientists and an Australian expert have just confirmed a new species of pitcher plant found only on Palawan ...

Nepenthes is a family of carnivorous plants native to Asia and Australia, with the largest distribution on the islands Sumatra and Borneo. An international team of researchers were originally looking ...

In a bizarre new study, researchers have found that a carnivorous plant has learned to survive by capturing more animal droppings for its nutrients. Nepenthes, also known as tropical pitcher plants, ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

The Cambodian government is urging sexed-up citizens to stop playing with phallic-shaped flowers known as Nepenthes holdenii — saying the erotic-looking plants are at risk of extinction. The Ministry ...

In Cambodia, video of women suggestively joking around with a protected carnivorous specimen prompted a government admonition: Hands off, people. By Richard C. Paddock The three women shrieked and ...

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Dr Ulrike Bauer receives funding from the Cambridge Philosophical Society. She is a Fellow of Robinson College Cambridge and works at the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge. She is ...