Plant your carnivorous specimen by making a small hole in the layers you've created so that about two-thirds of the plant's existing root ball is covered. Add another layer of sphagnum moss to ...

As with most carnivorous plants, the 50-50 peat moss and perlite soil mixture is key, as well as watering with distilled water or rainwater. An added bonus is that some of the species produce ...

Scientists have uncovered how sundews, Charles Darwin's favorite plant, become more carnivorous in certain habitats. Researchers from Loughborough and Gloucester universities found that they alter ...

The study paves the way for further investigation into how hydrology and prey availability influence carnivorous plant traits. Researchers suggest that future work could focus on: Quantifying prey ...

It was over 5,000 years ago that the ancient Egyptians started bringing plants — most likely ferns and palm trees — indoors in containers to beautify their homes. The notoriously plant ...

It’s only recently, thanks to advances in molecular biology, that scientists have been able to learn more about how carnivorous plants work. While most plants are food themselves, carnivorous plants ...

A carnivorous plant is something of a contradiction within the plant kingdom. Plants are generally considered to be organisms that can ‘make’ their own food from inorganic substances and then release ...

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 ...

The study paves the way for further investigation into how hydrology and prey availability influence carnivorous plant traits. Researchers suggest that future work could focus on: “By advancing our ...

The study paves the way for further investigation into how hydrology and prey availability influence carnivorous plant traits. Researchers suggest that future work could focus on: Quantifying prey ...

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 ...