It’s hard not to relate to the little insects that carnivorous plants like the Cape sundew, Venus flytraps and pitcher plants feed upon. What seems to be an inert plant, a part of the ecological ...

Plants produce an enormous abundance of natural products. Many natural plant products are ancestry-specific and occur only in ...

Hydnora looks like it came from another planet – but it’s very real, and very strange. This parasitic plant lives underground, has no leaves, and bursts out of the soil with a fleshy, alien-like ...

Some plants display animal-like behaviors. Sundew hunts insects. Skunk cabbage generates heat. Witchweed steals nutrients.

Are you tired of garden pests and want to reduce pesticide use? Certain plants can help manage insects in your garden.