Carnivorous plants flip the rules of the food chain by trapping insects and small animals to extract valuable nutrients that ...

Simply speaking, a carnivorous plant is one that eats insects as part of its regular diet. All plants take in carbon dioxide and use sunlight to convert it to food to help them grow (that’s ...

such as orchids and carnivorous plants are fussier. Water less in winter than in summer when actively growing. Most houseplants can survive being left for a couple of weeks with some preparation.

With stems reaching up to nearly 5 feet and pitchers that grow to roughly a foot in diameter, it’s the world’s largest carnivorous plant. Endemic to Borneo, Nepenthes rajah has enormous pitchers which ...

Sundews digest their food using enzymes and absorb the nutrients to grow in nutrient-poor soil. Bladderworts are aquatic carnivorous plants that use suction to trap their prey. They have tiny ...

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 ...

Venus flytraps are fascinating carniverous plants native to the Carolinas. These fast moving plants are excellent at catching ...