The Cape sundew is a carnivorous plant found in South Africa. The plant’s leaves are covered in tiny red tentacles called glandular trichomes. The tentacles produce drops of sticky mucilage, a ...

The grub first appears to get stuck in the sundew's mucilage, the glue-like material the plant uses to catch prey, and then ...

Carnivorous plants have nutritional needs that may not otherwise be met in their environments, one reader explains ...

Carnivorous plants like the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) and tropical pitcher plants still get most of their energy from photosynthesis, just like other green plants. The insects they catch are ...

Plants and insects coexist in dynamic networks shaped by environmental pressures. When plants encounter abiotic stressors such as drought, heat, ultraviolet radiation or nutrient imbalance, their ...