It’s hard not to relate to the little insects that carnivorous plants like the Cape sundew, Venus flytraps and pitcher plants ...

Sundews are “flypaper” plants that trap prey in sticky hairs on their leaves. They make up one of the largest groups of carnivorous plants, found worldwide except for Antarctica.

Scientists have uncovered how sundews, Charles Darwin's favorite plant, become more carnivorous in certain habitats.

Carnivorous plants flip the rules of the food chain by trapping insects and small animals to extract valuable nutrients that the plants can't absorb from the soil. Not only does this alien-looking ...

“[King sundews] are acrobats,” says Zachary Leibovitch, gardener in charge of carnivorous plants at the US Botanic Garden. “They will contort themselves around their prey.” ↑ Narrow ...

Carnivorous plants can be found on every continent except Antarctica and there are many species native to the UK including sundews, butterworts and bladderworts. A common butterwort plant.

Nepenthes I know they’re a lot more tolerant of harder water than, say, sundews or, or other carnivorous plants. So, that’s why I like ’em so much.

Drosera indica (Indian Sundew) Widely distributed in India, especially in the Western Ghats and Northeastern regions, Drosera indica is a tall, slender carnivorous plant.

In a California bog, I stood in a field of carnivorous plants. The sticky sundews held their sparkling, modified leaves just an inch or so off the ground, digesting insects ensnared in their ...

“The findings show that calcium is also involved and likely ramps up jasmonic acid responses, similar to how non-carnivorous plants respond defensively to mechanical stimulation from pests,” added ...