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Pity the insect that tumbles into a pitcher plant's trap. The slippery walls and waiting pool of water ensure it won't clamber ba…
Pity the insect that tumbles into a pitcher plant's trap. The slippery walls and waiting pool of water ensure it won't clamber ba…
Plants are boring. At least that is what I—as well as countless others—thought in school. Animals seemed far more exciting than…
Carnivorous pitcher plants owe much of their efficacy to the viscoelasticity of their digestive fluid. A viscoelastic fluid’s…
Nepenthes, always happy for you to drop in. Photo: Angela Sevin …
Plants may not generally be associated with the spooky sentiments of Halloween, but put the right Hitchcock soundtrack with the…
Via: ScienceNOW/PLoS ONEThis fly is about to meet its doom in a pool of deep, sticky goo. Unlike other carnivorous plants…