Tucked into bogs, you’ll find one of Minnesota’s most unusual — and carnivorous — plants, which is easiest to spot this time of year when reddish-purple flowers tower above their unusual leaves.
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 ...
The vibrant purple pitcher plant is unmistakably evil and cunning. When it blooms, its burgundy bulb bends over, pointing down like a street lamp towards its curved, cannoli-like leaves. The fleshy ...
New Jersey has several species of carnivorous plants, including pitcher plants, sundews and bladderworts. These plants typically grow in extremely nutrient-poor environments and their carnivorous ...
In the musical "Little Shop of Horrors," a mysterious Venus flytrap in a florist shop reveals its appetite for human flesh and blood. Fortunately, there's no real-life equivalent of Audrey, the ...
Dr. Phil Sheridan from the Meadowview Biological Research Station visits the studio to talk with Peggy about bog plants and dissect a pitcher plant to see how many insects it can trap. Featured on VHG ...
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 ...
Tarkiln Bayou Preserve State Park in Pensacola, Florida, is a great park for hiking, seeing endangered pitcher plants, a ...
Asha has detailed recent events in her daughter's life concerning bugs. When we were in Red Cliff, the boys were interested in bugs for other reasons - like fishing and when the tribal elder pointed ...
To the average plant-eating human, the thought of a plant turning the tables to feast on an animal might seem like a lurid novelty. Now, science is showing just how remarkable these macabre traits ...