Science news articles about 'carnivorous plants'

... on animal prey for sustenance. Fortunately for humans, carnivorous plants found in nature are not dependent on a diet of human ... are satisfied with the occasional fly or other insect. The existence of carnivorous plants has fascinated botanists and non-botanists ...

... 2009) in the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. Carnivorous plants have caught the imagination of humans since ... of London says, "This scholarly, beautifully illustrated, review of carnivorous plants and the different levels of carnivory that exist ...

... and nitrogen which are difficult to extract from certain soils. Carnivorous plants also possess a highly developed set ... that function as anti-fungal agents. "The pitcher of the carnivorous plant produces these compounds in a gland," says Prof ...

Unusual components from carnivorous plants' pitchers were found effective as anti-fungal drugs against human fungal infections, which are widespread in hospitals.

... can hinder growth for North American pitcher plants, a study finds. One expert says habitat loss is still the plants' biggest threat. Carnivorous plants have been on the decline in the Southeastern United ...

In South-East Asia, the leaves of the carnivorous plant Nepenthes rafflesiana mimic flowers biochemically in order to trap insects.

Wolf spiders build bigger webs to catch more bugs than sundews, says the first study to show battles between the two kingdoms over prey. Carnivorous plant - Spider - Biology - Plant - Flora and Fauna

... — barely larger than a pea — has been found living in and around carnivorous plants on Borneo island, one of the scientists who made ...

Birds may bomb cars with airborne droppings, but bats apparently use living toilets made of carnivorous plants, gracing them with their fecal matter, scientists find.

From Venus flytraps whose trap leaves snap shut around unsuspecting prey to the cobra lily's maze of false exits, carnivorous plants are creative killers.

The collection of specimens from the wild is one of the main threats facing the world's carnivorous plants, a study finds.

Sticky underground leaves help a Brazilian plant to capture and digest worms, a hitherto unknown way for carnivorous plants to catch victims, scientists find.

... mutualistic relationship between an ant species and a carnivorous plant, the ants contribute to both prey capture and prey digestion of their host-plant and provide significant amounts of nutrients derived ...

... adaptations for living in nutrient-poor soils: These carnivorous plants produce a pitcher-shaped structure ... if there could be other advantages to specialization than better utilization of host plants as food. Specialists might also be more adept than generalists ...

A new species of giant carnivorous plant has been discovered in the highlands of the central Philippines.