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The tropical pitcher plants don't want blood, only insects, and they are nondiscriminating about which ones. Russell Studebaker is a professional horticulturist and garden writer.

It was reported a more than a decade ago that some species of tropical pitcher plants, Nepenthes species, changed their diet from insects to animal poops. But thanks to new research, we now know ...

Carnivorous plants use CO2 to lure prey, says study Scientists unravel another prey capture mechanism by pitcher plants Updated - November 02, 2017 12:21 am IST - Thiruvananthapuram ...

Carnivorous plants use many strategies to attract and trap their prey. From left to right: Venus flytrap; Round-leaved sundew; tropical pitcher plant, Nepenthes rajah, the largest carnivorous ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Carnivorous plants are a fascinating type of plant that catches and digests insects. Since they became known to the general public in the late 1800s, they have evoked ...

An international team of researchers led by Dr Ulrike Bauer from the University of Bristol investigated two tropical pitcher plant species growing separated by 4000km of open ocean: the Slender ...

Some of the pitcher plants used in Dr. Gaume and colleagues’ research are native to North America — in fact, they can be found in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Dr.