Pitcher plants might be luring in prey using specialized scents
It's time to wake up and smell the pitcher plants.
Plants & Animals
Apr 20, 2023
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News tagged with carnivorous plants
Two striking new species of carnivorous plants discovered in the Andes of Ecuador
A team of botanists from Ecuador, Germany, and the United States has described two new species of carnivorous plants with striking appearance. They are part of the butterworts (genus Pinguicula), a group of flowering plants ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 27, 2023
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New metric of molecular evolution in the search for the genetic basis of phenotypic traits
With its powerful digging shovels, the European mole can burrow through the soil with ease. The same applies to the Australian marsupial mole. Although the two animal species live far apart, they have developed similar organs ...
Evolution
Jan 5, 2023
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Carnivorous plants inspire smart slippery surfaces and bionic robots
A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances discusses how carnivorous plants inspire smart slippery surfaces and bionic robots.
Biotechnology
Sep 12, 2022
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Researchers reveal how an insect-eating plant uses rain energy to power its traps
Scientists at the University of Bristol have uncovered the deadly workings of a carnivorous plant.
Plants & Animals
Aug 2, 2022
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Woodland plant's 'fishing rod' reels in its primary pollinator
The distinctive-looking plant Arisaema urashima is a common sight in woodlands in Japan. It has a large spathe (sheath enclosing its flowers) from which hangs a long-thread like appendix (that can reach over 50cm in length) ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 25, 2022
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How water fleas defend themselves against carnivorous plants
Water fleas are masters of adaptation. Researchers from Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB), the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg and the Technical University of Darmstadt have discovered that they can defend themselves not ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 13, 2022
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The best offense is a great defense for some carnivorous plants
Insect-eating plants have fascinated biologists for more than a century, but how plants evolved the ability to capture and consume live prey has largely remained a mystery. Now, Salk scientists, along with collaborators from ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 11, 2022
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Underground carnivore: The first species of pitcher plant to dine on subterranean prey
What we thought we knew about carnivorous plants was swiftly called into question after scientists discovered a new species in the Indonesian province of North Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo. Nepenthes pudica is what ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 29, 2022
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New botanical 'crime scene investigation' may save endangered carnivorous plants
Researchers have combined macro photography with DNA metabarcoding to create a new botanical "CSI" tool that may hold the key to safeguarding the future of Australia's critically endangered carnivorous plants.
Ecology
Mar 31, 2022
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