Researchers have described a new-to-science species of carnivorous plant that’s known from only three locations on the ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — A FedEx package from Malaysia containing nine Nepenthes species carnivorous plants was intercepted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists (CBPAS) in Honolulu.

Nepenthes is a family of carnivorous plants native to Asia and Australia, with the largest distribution on the islands Sumatra and Borneo. An international team of researchers were originally looking ...

Not having luck growing carnivorous plants at home? Jacob Soule talks carnivorous plant soil requirements, pitcher plant varieties, sundew plant care, and more. In this episode of Mother Earth News ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Old World pitcher plants (Nepenthes spp., Nepenthaceae) trap and digest invertebrate prey to derive nutrients, primarily nitrogen (N). In the majority of lowland Nepenthes species studied to date, ...

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Nepenthes rafflesiana, a large pitcher plant commonly found in swampy forests of Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler Pitcher plants (Nepenthes species) have long captivated our fascination. Typically ...

Among the numerous carnivorous pitcher plant species, scientists say this is the first that lays its traps underground. By Carolyn Wilke A newly discovered pitcher plant keeps its hunger for insects ...

In Cambodia, video of women suggestively joking around with a protected carnivorous specimen prompted a government admonition: Hands off, people. By Richard C. Paddock The three women shrieked and ...

A new species of the pitcher plant has been found in in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, but it is currently in danger of going ...