In Florida’s wetlands, the carnivorous pitcher plant is blurring the lines between predator and ally. Home to entire unique ecosystems, there are more to these ancient organisms than many realize. So ...

PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON / The sumptuous wine-red leaves of the Northern pitcher plant are extremely attractive and potentially deadly to insects. Note the downward-pointing “hairs” on the lid of the ...

Peggy Singlemann visits Dr. Phil Sheridan at Meadowview Biological Research Station in Woodford to learn about pitcher plants and explore a rare gravel bog ecosystem where these unique native plants ...

This week, I shift my focus toward bogs, away from lakes and ponds. There is certainly some overlap between these two habitats, but if you find yourself in a majority-bog ecosystem, then you will see ...

By Shreya Dasgupta Researchers have described a new-to-science species of carnivorous plant that’s known from only three ...