Carnivorous plants capture and digest insects to obtain nutrients, adapting to nutrient-poor soils. Their modified leaves, or pitchers, trap prey with slippery walls and hairs, leading to drowning ...

It really is worrying then that these very special insects are in decline. Ever wondered where all the food that you eat comes from ... vital process in flowering plant reproduction involving ...

Identify common garden insects with these garden bugs' pictures and descriptions and become an expert bug identifier.

This frightening plant is known not only to eat insects but also small mammals, enabling it to fulfill its nutritional needs and flourish in nutrient-poor soils. The Venus flytrap, also known as ...

Seventeen new species of plant bugs—a group of insects with a strawlike mouth used to feed on plant and animal matter—have ...

Cancel anytime. There’s a fascination with plants that eat bugs. There’s a fascination with plants that eat bugs. “Normally we don’t see that in our day-to-day life,” says Andrew Gierys ...

Insects have plenty to beware when it comes to carnivorous plants. Add an acid-loving fungus to that list of dangers. Sundew plants have tentacle-like leaves that curl around and entrap flies and ...

The animal kingdom is full of amazing creatures! Animals are living things that need food, water and air to survive. Unlike ...

A team of Australian researchers has identified a new species of extinct sawfly from an exceptionally well-preserved fossil.

If you're short on beneficial insects, your garden ecosystem is telling you it needs more diversity. So, plant flowers to call more bug friends in, especially Australian natives and exotics such ...

As head of the Evolutionary Biology and Behavior Labs at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Adrian Smith shows the surprising beauty and science behind these ants and their ...