BUFFALO, N.Y. — To the average plant-eating human, the thought of a plant turning the tables to feast on an animal might seem like a lurid novelty. Now, science is showing just how remarkable these ...

Cephalotus follicularis, the Australian pitcher plant. Photographed here in its native range in Western Australia, this carnivorous plant evolved to digest insects through a strikingly similar ...

Most plants get on just fine with sunshine, water, and half-decent soil. Carnivorous plants don’t have that option. They tend to live in places where the soil is so poor in nutrients that normal roots ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. TIME AND AGAIN, plants have evolved the ability to eat animals ...

Meat-eating plants the world over, separated by thousands of miles and millions of year of evolution, share the same sneaky flesh-grabbing tricks down to a molecular level, a study has found. By ...

Clever plant A large, meat-eating pitcher plant in Borneo has evolved a unique way to communicate with bats that it hopes to attract. The plant, Nepenthes hemsleyana, communicates via special ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carnivorous plants flip the rules of the food chain by trapping insects and small animals to extract valuable nutrients that the ...

Close up of Sarracenia pitcher plant - Iryna Boiko/Getty Images There is something so intriguing about carnivorous plants, and having them in your home or garden is certainly a talking point (and a ...

Insect feast Why have a snack when you could have a feast? The pitcher plant has developed a clever way to help it dine on batches of ants at a time rather than individual ants. The carnivorous plant ...

The Brooklyn Children’s Museum is turning into a “Little Shop of Horrors.” As part of its “Icky Fest 2014” weekend — a celebration of all things creepy, crawly, and covered in slime on Jan. 11–12 — ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- To the average plant-eating human, the thought of a plant turning the tables to feast on an animal might seem like a lurid novelty. Now, science is showing just how remarkable these ...