Welcome to the strangest landlord-tenant agreement in nature. Pitcher plants may look like innocent greenery, but they run a tight (and deadly) operation. In this episode, we explore how these ...

KOTA KINABALU: The highly adaptable pitcher plant is facing threats in Sabah, with seven species listed as threatened on the International Union for Conser­vation of Nature Red List. Conservation ...

The pitcher plant Nepenthes x ventrata is gorgeous and popular with horticulturists, but it’s deadly for the insects that fall into the trap for which it is named. Yet the enzymes in the digestive ...

Colorado Rockies pitcher Jake Bird had a very ungraceful moment during Thursday's game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Coors Field in Denver, Co. With ...

Long stalks anchor the plant to the ground. A lack of nitrogen in the soil where they grow means that these carnivorous plants use their hollow, jug-shaped pitchers to obtain the nutrient from ...