Nepenthes plants survive in low-nutrient soil by supplementing their diet with live insects, using their nectar and a sweet scent to attract prey. "When you smell a bokorensis pitcher, it smells ...

But some pitcher plants that live in the tropics have evolved to exploit an even richer source of nitrogen than bugs: mammal poops. “A handful of Nepenthes species have evolved away from ...

While Nepenthes pudica is currently the only pitcher plant ... it lies just outside the boundaries of the Kayan Mentarang National Park. As the plant is believed to live in an area of less than four ...

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.) ...

Nepenthes, also known as tropical pitcher plants, are a genus of carnivorous plants that live in hot, humid, lowland areas. The plants normally use their highly specialised pitcher-shaped leaves ...

A giant plant that can gobble up bugs and even rodents has been discovered in Southeast Asia. The carnivorous plant (nepenthes attenboroughii) was found by researchers atop Mt. Victoria, a remote ...

Pitcher plants (Nepenthes spp.), also known as tropical ... there's no need to worry about overwintering. If you live in a ...

Among the discoveries is a plant that the researchers are so convinced has already been wiped out that they have named it Nepenthes extincta. It used to live in an area that has since been heavily ...

Nepenthes (pronounced neh-PEN-theeze) is a genus of pitcher plants typically found in Southeast Asia, Australia, and Madagascar. The plants produce vase-shaped contraptions that grow from emerald ...