Deep in the forests of Malaysian Borneo lurks a most peculiar plant. First recorded in 1859, Nepenthes rajah is the largest of the pitcher plants. These carnivorous wonders feature liquid-filled ...

A side view inside the endangered Nepenthes rajah pitcher reveals mosquito larvae specially adapted to the digestive enzymes of the plant. The largest pitcher of the genus, Nepenthes rajah holds ...

Nepenthes rajah are able to capture animals as large as rats, as can be clearly seen in the picture above. "These plants have evolved to catch insects. But on rare occasions they do catch rats and ...

Mat gave him a chance. He told Jimmy to look up pictures of Nepenthes rajah, a giant species that makes gallon-sized traps. “I have those, I grow them,” Mat boasted. Two months later ...

The biggest, he said, may be the endangered Nepenthes rajah of Borneo. "It could eat a good-sized rat or small mammal." (See more pictures of killer plants.) Insects and other prey are lured by ...

Not only does the world’s third largest island boasts the biggest flower in the world (the Rafflesia), Borneo is also home to the magnificent Nepenthes rajah, a species of pitcher plant which ...

The Bornean pitchers consume nitrogen-rich feces. A summit rat, Rattus baluensis, licking the lid of a Nepenthes rajah pitcher. A fecal pellet is visible, dangling from the rat above the pitcher ...