Because pitcher plants grow slowly (they can live for decades), the experiments can take years to yield results. Ellison and Gotelli are trying to figure out what evolutionary forces pushed these ...

Here’s how. Plants can talk. Yes, really. Here’s how. Horrific summer travels? These tales are worse. Horrific summer travels? These tales are worse. New type of carnivorous plant found in ...

Carnivorous plants have developed a terrific array of weird and wonderful adaptations that help them flourish in nutrient-poor environments. Enter the world of predatory plants (if you dare) and ...

There are plants that can live for over a thousand years ... A lack of nitrogen in the soil where they grow means that these carnivorous plants use their hollow, jug-shaped pitchers to obtain ...

KOTA KINABALU: The highly adaptable pitcher plant is facing threats in Sabah, with seven species listed as threatened on the International Union for Conser­vation of Nature Red List. Conservation ...