Finding a sundew plant with a healthy supply of insect food may not seem suspicious. After all, carnivorous plants are famed for supplementing their diet with meat to compensate for nutrient-poor soil ...

World Bog Day was celebrated around the world on July 23. I celebrated by hiking to an Alaskan bog, or muskeg, as they are colloquially known. This particular bog surrounded a small lake that was ...

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 ...

Nobody likes a mooch. If you've ever had a friend who makes a habit or rummaging around in your fridge the moment they walk into your place you know exactly what I'm talking about, but apparently the ...

Plants that feed on meat and animal droppings have evolved at least ten times through evolutionary history Riley Black | Science Correspondent A Cape sundew wraps its sticky leaves around a helpless ...

If you have houseplants, most of the time there’s not a lot of visible activity. They just quietly add some outdoor beauty to your indoor surroundings. A trapped insect is slowly digested by a Cape ...

Not having luck growing carnivorous plants at home? Jacob Soule talks carnivorous plant soil requirements, pitcher plant varieties, sundew plant care, and more. In this episode of Mother Earth News ...

Toward the end of the 19th century, lurid tales of killer plants began popping up everywhere. Terrible, tentacle-waving trees snatched and swallowed unwary travelers in far-off lands. Mad professors ...