Indigenous to South Africa, the Cape sundew is a favorite of carnivorous plant aficionados the world over. Not only do they ...

Found mainly in North Carolina, it’s one of the best-known predatory plants. With tubular leaves filled with digestive fluids, pitcher plants trap insects and even small frogs. Once prey falls ...

But the purple pitcher plant, which lives in bogs and infertile sandy soils in much of North America, enlists other organisms to digest its food. It is home to an intricate food web of mosquito ...