Pitcher plants are a group of carnivorous plants that catch insects in their namesake columnar traps. There is a wide variety ...

Soil Plant pitcher plants in a well-drained potting medium, but avoid using standard houseplant soil mixes on carnivorous plants. A combination of equal parts long-fibered sphagnum moss and ...

Carnivorous plants are interesting members of the plant world that have evolved to trap and digest animals, mostly insects, to survive. These plants thrive in places where the soil is poor in ...

Yet the enzymes in the digestive fluid that fills the carnivorous plants’ vase-shape modified leaves might one day provide a service to the animal kingdom, by enabling human celiac disease patients to ...