Beetle Trap Plant: Parasitic, no chlorophyll, mimics fungi, attracts dung beetles, carrion beetles. Alien-like appearance, ...

Carnivorous plants flip the rules of the food chain by trapping insects and small animals to extract valuable nutrients that the plants can't absorb from the soil. Not only does this alien-looking ...

A carnivorous plant that fascinated Charles Darwin is able to increase its number of "tentacles" when nutrients from the ground are scarce, researchers say. The round-leaved sundew can therefore ...