There are currently around 630 species of carnivorous plant known to science. Although most meat-eating plants consume insects, larger plants are capable of digesting reptiles and small mammals.

Plants and animals usually have different ways of feeding themselves. Within the animal kingdom, herbivores eat plants, carnivores eat mostly herbivores, and omnivores eat both. (Even though your ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. TIME AND AGAIN, plants have evolved the ability to eat animals. From ...

Scientists have long wondered how meat-eating plants like these developed such an unusual lifestyle. "It's kind of counterintuitive that a plant is actually using an animal for some of its food ...

Most meat-eating plants passively trap prey, relying on a bug’s clumsiness or carelessness. Sundews exude a sticky substance that traps insects; the many varieties of pitcher plant just wait for ...

Carnivorous plants feed on insects and use a variety of sneaky and sometimes gruesome ways to lure, trap and devour their prey. Question: I was recently gifted a Venus fly trap plant and would ...

ENCINITASENCINITAS — A Venus flytrap will be among a slew of meat-eating plants coming to the San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas as part of the traveling exhibition Savage Gardens “The Real ...

One of Georgia’s notorious meat-eating plants surprised a group of elementary school students during a dissection by revealing it was still digesting a lizard. Georgia DNR photo One of Georgia ...