Learn how to take care of—and feed—carnivorous plants. Learn facts about Venus flytraps, pitcher plants and more.

The imperiled Venus flytrap grows in the wild only along the coastal plain in North and South Carolina.

Hello. Welcome to "Momo-chan's Field Carnivorous Plant Research Lab"!In our previous stories,we learned thatcarnivorous plantsdeveloped their carnivorous abilities in environments that are "bright, ...

The Venus flytrap Dionaea muscipula is the most sophisticated of the carnivorous plants. Its traps snap shut in a fraction of a second, imprisoning prey in a cage of teeth that line the edges of the ...

Flora/Fauna, a plant store in Atlanta, has seen a sharp increase in demand in the last year. “We’ve always carried them, but we’d probably sell a dozen a month,” said Katelynn Corley, an owner. “Now ...

Most plants get on just fine with sunshine, water, and half-decent soil. Carnivorous plants don’t have that option. In my own ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The first carnivorous plant in twenty years has been discovered by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carnivorous plants flip the rules of the food chain by trapping insects and small animals to extract valuable nutrients that the ...

Illegally introduced purple pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea), also known as the northern pitcher plant, turtle socks, or side-saddle flower, growing in the wild in Dorset, UK. This carnivorous ...

The Triantha occidentalis, or western false asphodel, is the first carnivorous plant identified in two decades, despite the white flower's discovery 142 years ago. See more of our coverage in your ...

Botanists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of British Columbia have discovered a new carnivorous plant in western North America. Triantha occidentalis makes its home in ...

Carnivorous plants grow in swamps and bogs, in nutrient-poor bodies of water or on thin tropical soils, all habitats short on the nitrogen and phosphorus essential for growth. Protein-packed insects ...