While visiting my son and family for Christmas, I couldn’t help but notice how prolific the pitchers or traps on his tropical ...

This is ‘The Quiet Weight of Shadows’, an immersive installation by Dhiraj Rabha, a 30-year-old artist from Assam.

Philippine scientists have confirmed a new pitcher plant species found only on Palawan’s limestone cliffs. But it's already ...

Researchers have described a new-to-science species of carnivorous plant that’s known from only three locations on the Philippines’ Palawan Island. The newly described pitcher plant, which grows on ...

There is something so intriguing about carnivorous plants, and having them in your home or garden is certainly a talking point (and a unique way to get rid of flies that annoy you). One popular ...

From acrobatic gorillas to maritime lions and fluorescent plants, here are the most eye-catching shots of the natural world ...

ENDANGERED. Photos of Nepenthes megastoma, a newly-described critically endangered species endemic to Palawan, Philippines, showing its lower pitcher (a) and two distinct variant forms of its upper ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

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There's an old saying that everything in Australia wants to eat you – and this apparently includes plants, with the island a global hotbed of carnivorous species. Now, scientists have made a ...