There’s a new flesh-eating flower in the plant kingdom. The carnivorous cutie is the first of its kind identified in 20 years — despite the white flower’s prevalence throughout the Pacific Northwest.

Carnivorous pitcher plants attract ants with their sweet but toxic nectar, turning its flowers into a deadly trap.

More than 30 years ago, a group of scientists planted 4,200 seeds of the rare Pitcher’s thistle in the sandy dunes of the ...

A new study found that a common flower is actually carnivorous. The flower, the western false asphodel, is a white flower common in the Pacific Northwest. Researchers found that tiny hairs along the ...

The other day I was busying around in the herbarium when a gentleman from the little town of Wagener, South Carolina, dropped by, carrying a bucket. Inside the bucket was a good bit of water, from his ...

Genlisea, or the “corkscrew” carnivorous plant, doesn’t wait above ground to hunt. Here’s how it traps tiny prey right ...

SOPHIE: Yes – they are still flowering plants that produce seeds. Flowers can take several years to develop and come in a range of colours. Typically, they’re held on slender stems quite high above ...

Aug. 9 (UPI) --Botanists have identified a new carnivorous plant in western North America. The species, Triantha occidentalis, represents the 12th independent origin of plant carnivory. Found in bogs ...

That this perennial wildflower digests trapped insects suggests that other plants’ appetites for animals may be overlooked. By Asher Elbein This wildflower looks innocent. Found in wetlands not far ...

The first carnivorous plant in twenty years has been discovered by researchers—and as it turns out, its unique abilities have been hiding in plain sight all along. According to a study published in ...

I’d been bent at the hip like a cartoon detective, snooping around the trail’s edges, for over an hour. Covered in streaks of my own blood, courtesy of the recently satiated mosquitoes I swatted off ...