Gizmodo reported on the discovery, which a team of botanists from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of British Columbia outlined in a study recently published in the journal PNAS.

Sarracenia pitcher plants, found in bogs throughout eastern North America, look like trumpet-shaped flowers, often in purplish or reddish hues. But looks can be deceiving. The striking “flowers” are ...

A Venus flytrap will be among a slew of meat-eating plants coming to the San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas as part of the traveling exhibition Savage Gardens “The Real and Imaginary World of ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. An international team of botanists recently discovered two new ...

By Shreya Dasgupta Researchers have described a new-to-science species of carnivorous plant that’s known from only three ...

The other day I was busying around in the herbarium when a gentleman from the little town of Wagener, South Carolina, dropped by, carrying a bucket. Inside the bucket was a good bit of water, from his ...

Scientists have discovered a new carnivorous pitcher plant species in Palawan, Philippines. This is found only on steep limestone cliffs, and it may already be critically endangered. The discovery ...

Carnivorous plants have fed our imaginations since the dawn of our time. Charles Darwin called the most popular variety, the Venus flytrap, the “most wonderful plant on earth.” Even the film The ...