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It’s hard not to relate to the little insects that carnivorous plants like the Cape sundew, Venus flytraps and pitcher plants ...
The Not So Secret Life of Plants” features 50 paintings from 33 artists in the Orlando Science Center’s Fusion: A STEAM ...
Carnivorous plants are some of the most fascinating species in nature. Plants like Venus flytraps, pitcher plants, sundews, and others get their nutrients by catching flying insects with sticky ...
Julian Shepersky created his first genetically unique carnivorous plant as a sophomore at Albany High School. Now he has several hundred plants, which he has to leave behind when he goes to college.
Carnivorous pitcher plants use a sweet-smelling nectar to lure in potential prey, which can slip on the smooth surfaces and fall into the fluid-filled tubular pitchers where they become trapped.
In the world of plants, most use sunlight and soil to survive. But some have a very different way to live. Carnivorous plants ...
Carnivorous plants use various strategies for trapping prey. The Venus fly trap encloses a pair of its lobes around its prey when an insect triggers sensitive hairs inside the plant.
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Carnivorous plants are a fascinating type of plant that catches and digests insects. Since they became known to the general public in the late 1800s, they have evoked ...
Carnivorous plants have no reason to grow to horror film sizes because they are already living on adaptation’s edge, borrowing what they need from another kingdom of life as they huddle in the ...