Carnivorous plants fascinate as much now as when their gruesome diet was first discovered. ... How did evolution equip these dietary mavericks with the means to eat meat?

Meat-eating plants the world over, separated by thousands of miles and millions of year of evolution, share the same sneaky flesh-grabbing tricks down to a molecular level, a study has found.. By ...

Different families of plants developed a taste for meat separately, and T. occidentalis, in the order Alismatales, now adds its name to the 630-odd plant species that eat animals, usually because ...

Subgenome dominance shapes novel gene evolution in the decaploid pitcher plant Nepenthes gracilis. Article Publication Date. 23-Nov-2023. COI Statement. No Conflict of Interest.

Possessing more than two complete sets of chromosomes can be a hindrance to long-term survival of a plant lineage, yet scientists are also finding evidence it’s likely behind some evolutionary ...

The Triantha occidentalis, or western false asphodel, is the first carnivorous plant identified in two decades, despite the white flower’s discovery 142 years ago.

Sarracenia pitcher plants, found in eastern North America, look like trumpet-shaped flowers. But the “flowers” are modified leaves that form a cup containing digestive enzymes and entrap insects.

Scientists have discovered a carnivorous plant that grows prey-trapping contraptions underground, feeding off subterranean creatures such as worms, larvae and beetles. The newly found species of ...