If you’re looking to plant something out of the ordinary in your garden, look no further than the pitcher plant, an eye-catching, carnivorous planting that loves lots of sun. Pitcher plants are ...

The other day I was busying around in the herbarium when a gentleman from the little town of Wagener, South Carolina, dropped by, carrying a bucket. Inside the bucket was a good bit of water, from his ...

Somewhere along the evolutionary timeline of bog-dwelling angiosperms, the plants gathered together and decided they wouldn’t take it any longer. No more would insects see plants as the ultimate salad ...

In nature, insects and plants usually live in harmony — but that’s not the case at a park near Abita Springs. Here, some plants have sinister plans for any insect unfortunate enough to be lured into ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pitcher plants can be grown outdoors year-round in tropical climates or indoors as houseplants in cooler climates. They grow best ...

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 ...

Somewhere along the evolutionary timeline of bog-dwelling angiosperms, the plants gathered together and decided they wouldn’t take it any longer. No more would insects see plants as the ultimate salad ...

While most plants derive nutrients from soil, some trap and consume living creatures for their primary source of sustenance. Now a special exhibit at the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers offers a ...

While flowering, the bizarre, helmet-shaped blooms hang like floor lamps over the emerging leaves. The pendulous blossoms are deep burgundy or peach-stained yellow. The blossoms drift their pollen ...

SUSSEX — From Cabin Point Road, to an untrained eye, the Joseph Pines Preserve looks no different than any other parcel of timber-cleared land in Southside Virginia where wild brush is taking over.