The vase-shaped plants can feed on everything from insects lured inside the pitfall traps to the excrement of small creatures like tree shrews that leave droppings in the pitcher as they feed on ...

Sarracenia pitcher plants, found in eastern North America, look like trumpet-shaped flowers. But the “flowers” are modified leaves that form a cup containing digestive enzymes and entrap insects.

Carnivorous plants grow in swamps and bogs, ... small, squat, toothy-mouthed pitchers — but it sits on its own separate branch of the plant family tree.

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.

This 35-year-old plant shop often carries some carnivorous plants such as Venus flytraps, monkey cups and other trumpet-shaped greenery. Because the supply goes quick, it’s best to check the ...

Carnivorous plants are interesting members of the plant world that have evolved to trap and digest animals, mostly insects, ... ALSO READ: 5 fascinating trees that have gone extinct.

An insect in a wetland where frogs and toads are singing had better be careful. These amphibians serve as a natural insect control. Bugs form a major part of their ...

Most carnivorous species keep a healthy distance between their meat-eating bits and the parts of the plant that must be pollinated by insects. However, Graham says that T. occidentalis probably ...

The Triantha occidentalis, or western false asphodel, is the first carnivorous plant identified in two decades, despite the white flower’s discovery 142 years ago.

Q. I won a 4-inch potted toad lily and planted it in a whisky barrel. It draped over the sides and from late September until now has had a profusion of remarkable spotted lavender blooms. It is ...