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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

More information: Alviana Damit et al, Sabah's hidden giant: Nepenthes pongoides (Nepenthaceae), a micro-endemic tropical pitcher plant from northern Borneo, Australian Journal of Botany (2024 ...

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 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 ...

The velvet pitcher plant (Nepenthes mollis) was found by an independent team of botanists in 2019, one hundred years after it was last seen in the wild. The first rediscovery from our top 25 list ...

Former MLB pitcher Brian Matusz reportedly died of a drug overdose in Arizona earlier this month. The former Baltimore Orioles player was found dead in his home by his mother with a white ...

The filmmaker was celebrated for his uniquely dark vision in such movies as "Blue Velvet" and "Mulholland Drive" and the TV ...