The Venus flytrap Dionaea muscipula is the most sophisticated of the carnivorous plants. Its traps snap shut in a fraction of a second, imprisoning prey in a cage of teeth that line the edges of the ...

A Texas collector has spent decades building a carnivorous plant nursery in Austin. He'll deliver a presentation at the ...

Dr. Phil Sheridan from the Meadowview Biological Research Station visits the studio to talk with Peggy about bog plants and dissect a pitcher plant to see how many insects it can trap. Featured on VHG ...

From sticky “flypaper” to lightning-fast suction, carnivorous plants have evolved various ingenious traps for finding the nutrients they need to survive. Carnivorous plants sound like something ...

Acid-filled pitchers complete with fangs. Labyrinthine chambers decorated with bristles. Leaves that snap shut in less than a second. Employing strategies like these, carnivorous plants have a ...

Most plants get on just fine with sunshine, water, and half-decent soil. Carnivorous plants don't have that option. They tend to live in places where the soil is so poor in nutrients that normal roots ...

Peggy Singlemann visits Dr. Phil Sheridan at Meadowview Biological Research Station in Woodford to learn about pitcher plants and explore a rare gravel bog ecosystem where these unique native plants ...

If you're looking to grow your garden with a carnivorous plant, The Plant Bar has both stock and advice on how to keep them ...