Splash! Ooch! Yum! And so another unsuspecting insect victim of Nepenthes alata (N. alata), commonly known as the carnivorous pitcher plant, falls victim to the digestive fluids at the bottom of ...

As it turns out, the path to carnivory was remarkably similar for the three species examined — Cephalotus follicularis (the Australian pitcher plant, related to starfruit), Nepenthes alata (an Asian ...

As it turns out, the path to carnivory was remarkably similar for the three species examined -- Cephalotus follicularis (the Australian pitcher plant, related to starfruit), Nepenthes alata (an ...

As it turns out, the path to carnivory was remarkably similar for the three species examined -- Cephalotus follicularis (the Australian pitcher plant, related to starfruit), Nepenthes alata (an ...

Researchers have discovered enzymes in insect-eating plants known as Nepenthes alata, which could help in the development of new antibacterial products. According to a report in Nature News, these ...

Like other pitcher plants, Nepenthes pudica has modified leaves, known as pitfall traps or pitchers, that its prey fall into before being consumed. (One species is so large it can trap rats.) ...

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Nepenthes bicalcarata, the only known example of a carnivorous plant inside which a species of ant exclusively lives and hunts for food, residing in leaves specially adapted for them.

Botanists discovered the carnivorous pitcher plant – now named Nepenthes zygon – had been growing at Kew for almost a decade and helping to keep down cockroaches, before anyone realised it ...