Twin Ports businessman Jeff Foster received the keys to the retired U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sundew on Wednesday, and he said he expects to see the vessel operating under its own power by early next ...

Inspired by a carnivorous plant, scientists have created a sticky spray that could kill pest insects as effectively as traditional toxic pesticides. And what's more, it's derived from plain ol' ...

1. Sundews are a carnivorous plant, and despite their tiny size they are a formidable foe for insects on every continent except Antarctica! There at least 194 species of sundew, or Drosera, and they ...

This Behind the Scenes article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation. Fifteen small sundew plants perch on a windowsill collecting sunlight and eating meat in ...

A killer plant with a cunning trick could one day be routinely used in a series of medical procedures, research shows. The sundew plant is aptly named. Each leaf is covered with tiny ...

The twitchy tentacles of a sundew can catapult prey into the carnivorous plant's sticky traps in a fraction of a second, researchers say. These fast-moving snares are among the quickest seen yet in ...

A carnivorous plant that fascinated Charles Darwin is able to increase its number of "tentacles" when nutrients from the ground are scarce, researchers say. The round-leaved sundew can therefore catch ...