The trap of an insect-eating Nepenthes pitcher plant, swarming with nectar-collecting ants. Research from the University of Bristol, UK, has found that, by 'switching off' its traps for part of ...

An insect lands on the open leaves of a Venus flytrap plant, drawn to an appealing scent. It noses around and accidentally brushes one of the trap’s trigger hairs. An action potential shoots across ...

it has long been a mystery why mature plants have seemingly ineffective and dry traps up to eight hours a day. To examine the apparent disadvantage of this adaptation, which is nevertheless common ...

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 story appears in the March 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. A hungry fly darts through the pines in North Carolina. Drawn by what seems like the scent of nectar from a flowerlike ...

“A carnivorous plant is essentially any plant which is able to trap and digest insects," explained David. "Some will just trap them so these are semi-carniverous.” Some of the plants, normally ...

If you’ve ever wanted to experience a tiny slice of life from a bug’s vantage point, now’s your chance. The University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum hosts “Savage Gardens: The ...

They are often very muddy. Venus fly traps have leaves that close, surround and catch insects. Pitcher plants have cylindrical leaves with fluid at the bottom to trap insects that fall in.