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In the world of plants, most use sunlight and soil to survive. But some have a very different way to live. Carnivorous plants catch and eat small animals to make up for poor soil, which lacks ...

What was supposed to be a simple online plant order turned into a botanical mystery—and now internet users are on the case. The Reddit user, u/queenmarimeoww, posted a photo of the unusual plant to ...

A previously unknown species of wasp with an abdomen reminiscent of a Venus flytrap has been discovered in 99-million-year-old Kachin amber, and entomologists have never seen anything like it. While ...

When it comes to plants, we tend to think of them as feeding solely on water and nutrients in the soil. However, plants that cannot get nourishment from the soil will readily absorb animal bones and ...

The Venus flytrap Dionaea muscipula is a carnivorous plant that ensnares and digests animal prey, particularly insects and spiders. The trap is sprung when an insect brushes against two of the ...

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When we think of plants, we often think of those that provide food, such as juicy fruits and nutritious vegetables, as well as beautiful flowers. But nature has so much more to it! Did you know some ...

The best time to see this plant is in the morning, just as the sun is coming up, while you quietly paddle in the backwater end of a pond, or perhaps inside a mysterious Carolina bay. By the hundreds, ...