It's time to wake up and smell the pitcher plants. While the carnivorous plants are famed for their range of shapes and colors to help trap prey, very little is known about their scents. A new study, ...

Illegally introduced purple pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea), also known as the northern pitcher plant, turtle socks, or side-saddle flower, growing in the wild in Dorset, UK. This carnivorous ...

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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 ...

These carnivorous plants have evolved in ingenious ways—inspiring innovations from nonstick sprays to water repellants. What other mysteries do pitcher plants hold? A tropical pitcher plant's slippery ...

A study suggests that pitcher plants tailor the smells they produce to woo particular kinds of insects. By Veronique Greenwood Pitcher plants supplement their diets with this one strange trick: eating ...

Close up of Sarracenia pitcher plant - Iryna Boiko/Getty Images There is something so intriguing about carnivorous plants, and having them in your home or garden is certainly a talking point (and a ...