Environmentalists Mrityunjay Sharma and Kumar Hemant had stumbled upon a unique pink plant with numerous sticky red tentacles while roaming in the forests of Tati Jharia block in Hazaribagh last ...

Insects have plenty to beware when it comes to carnivorous plants. Add an acid-loving fungus to that list of dangers. Sundew plants have tentacle-like leaves that curl around and entrap flies and ...

Some of the most spectacular examples of botanical carnivory—in which predator plants catch and digest animals presumably to supplement the nutrient-poor soils in which they grow—occur within the ...

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The genomes of three carnivorous plants -- the Venus flytrap, spoon-leaved sundew and the waterwheel plant -- have been decoded. The result has caused some surprises. Plants can produce energy-rich ...