If you’re looking to plant something out of the ordinary in your garden, look no further than the pitcher plant, an eye-catching, carnivorous planting that loves lots of sun. Pitcher plants are ...

The other day I was busying around in the herbarium when a gentleman from the little town of Wagener, South Carolina, dropped by, carrying a bucket. Inside the bucket was a good bit of water, from his ...

Somewhere along the evolutionary timeline of bog-dwelling angiosperms, the plants gathered together and decided they wouldn’t take it any longer. No more would insects see plants as the ultimate salad ...

In nature, insects and plants usually live in harmony — but that’s not the case at a park near Abita Springs. Here, some plants have sinister plans for any insect unfortunate enough to be lured into ...

While most plants derive nutrients from soil, some trap and consume living creatures for their primary source of sustenance. Now a special exhibit at the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers offers a ...

There are more species of carnivorous (insect eating) plants in Florida wetlands than anywhere else in the country. These include six species of native pitcher plants with hollow stems that serve as ...

While flowering, the bizarre, helmet-shaped blooms hang like floor lamps over the emerging leaves. The pendulous blossoms are deep burgundy or peach-stained yellow. The blossoms drift their pollen ...

The Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is probably the best known of the more than 600 species of carnivorous plants, which absorb nutrients from prey rather than through their roots. The flytrap grows ...

SUSSEX — From Cabin Point Road, to an untrained eye, the Joseph Pines Preserve looks no different than any other parcel of timber-cleared land in Southside Virginia where wild brush is taking over.