Orangutan pitcher plant (Nepenthes pongoides) just discovered in Sabah, on the tropical island of ... [+] Borneo. (Credit: Alastair Robinson.) An international team of botanists report they have ...

Giant pitchers are plants characterized by large, distinctive bell-shaped upper and lower pitchers and narrow, upright lids. The purpose of the pitcher is to capture both rainfall and insects. In ...

While most often its animals that consume plants, the opposite is true in a unique group of plants classified as carnivorous. Reference to the latter often conjures up images from movies of some ...

Scientists have uncovered how sundews, Charles Darwin's favorite plant, become more carnivorous in certain habitats. Researchers from Loughborough and Gloucester universities found that they alter ...

Bagheera kiplingi, a jumping spider from Central America, is unique for its largely herbivorous diet, primarily feeding on acacia Beltian bodies. Unli ...

This makes it one of the largest pitcher plants known to science. Unfortunately, during two research expeditions, only 39 specimens of this plant were found, suggesting its rarity and potential ...

Carnivorous plants are interesting members of the plant world that have evolved to trap and digest animals, mostly insects, to survive. These plants thrive in places where the soil is poor in ...

This smart design is especially aimed for plants like spider plants - like water but hate too much water. La Jolíe Muse Hanging Planters is much small in width and depth than it looks. But don’t worry ...

This made Annu reflect on the fleeting nature of flowers, and he wondered, "Why not gift a plant instead, one that would last?" This spark of an idea eventually blossomed into the founding of ...