Carnivorous plants look like botanical oddities, but their behavior is not a gimmick. It is a precise evolutionary solution ...

These carnivorous plants have evolved in ingenious ways—inspiring innovations from nonstick sprays to water repellants. What other mysteries do pitcher plants hold? A tropical pitcher plant's slippery ...

The Venus flytrap Dionaea muscipula is the most sophisticated of the carnivorous plants. Its traps snap shut in a fraction of a second, imprisoning prey in a cage of teeth that line the edges of the ...

Insects have plenty to beware when it comes to carnivorous plants. Add an acid-loving fungus to that list of dangers. Sundew plants have tentacle-like leaves that curl around and entrap flies and ...

Tucked into bogs, you’ll find one of Minnesota’s most unusual — and carnivorous — plants, which is easiest to spot this time of year when reddish-purple flowers tower above their unusual leaves.