The twitchy tentacles of a sundew can catapult prey into the carnivorous plant's sticky traps in a fraction of a second, researchers say. These fast-moving snares are among the quickest seen yet in ...

If you have houseplants, most of the time there’s not a lot of visible activity. They just quietly add some outdoor beauty to your indoor surroundings. A trapped insect is slowly digested by a Cape ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo credit: Maryland Department of Natural Resources- Wildlife & Heritage Service/Facebook The dwarf sundew is the smallest of ...

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 ...

Plants that feed on meat and animal droppings have evolved at least ten times through evolutionary history Riley Black - Science Correspondent A Cape sundew wraps its sticky leaves around a helpless ...

WORCESTER COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) -- A newly discovered plant is growing right here in Maryland. Botanists recently confirmed the discovery of dwarf sundew -- also known as Drosera brevifolia -- where it ...

The roundleaf sundew looks like something out of an alien movie, a tiny plant with tentacle-like stems extending in a rose pattern and red hairs sticking out from the leaves. It’s not a typical ...