He gently lifted a red pitcher the size of a large mango as he explained how the plant traps and drowns prey in its digestive ...

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 ...

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 ...