World Bog Day was celebrated around the world on July 23. I celebrated by hiking to an Alaskan bog, or muskeg, as they are colloquially known. This particular bog surrounded a small lake that was ...

Wolf spiders and carnivorous plants called sundews may compete with each other for food in the wild, a new study finds. The two organisms, which both view small insects as tasty treats, seemed to ...

Native pitcher plants and sundews are carnivores By Eddie Smith MSU Extension Service When you think of carnivores, lions, ...

In 1860, a year after publication of his seminal work on the origin of species, Charles Darwin wrote to a friend, “At the moment, I care more about Drosera than the origin of all the species in the ...

Why do some insect-eating plants like sundews keep their flowers so far away from their traps? New research suggests that it isn't a clever trick to keep pollinators safe, it's about getting ...

Wolf spiders and carnivorous plants called sundews may compete with each other for food in the wild, a new study finds. The two organisms, which both view small insects as tasty treats, seemed to ...

Cape sundews are carnivorous plants that grow in bogs. Cape sundews are carnivorous plants that grow in bogs, where they don't have access to many nutrients. So they exude sweet, shimmering droplets ...

In early June, I went with a few friends to check out some muskegs at Eaglecrest. In addition to the common round-leaf sundew, we found some long-leaf sundews already making flower buds. Both of these ...

Sex can be complicated at the best of times, but plants have an extra difficulty. If you're a plant who relies on insects to pollinate your flowers and reproduce, you will want your flowerstalks to be ...