Swift predators are common in the animal world but are rare in the plant kingdom. New research shows that Drosera glanduligera, a small sundew from southern Australia, deploys one of the fastest and most s ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Sep 26, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 0 |

Nitrogen pollution is giving carnivorous plants on Swedish bogs so many nutrients that they don't need to catch as many flies, new research shows.

Biology - Ecology

Jun 11, 2012 4.7 / 5 (3) 2 |

Fifteen small sundew plants perch on a window sill, collecting sunlight and eating meat in the lab of Mingjun Zhang on the University of Tennessee's Knoxville campus. Sundew plants are carnivores, consuming ...

Nanotechnology - Bio & Medicine

Oct 18, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 1 |