Philippine scientists and an Australian expert have just confirmed a new species of pitcher plant found only on Palawan Island, but warn that it is already at risk of extinction due to frequent severe ...

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Food costs have been rising across the country—and for many households, support systems that can offer a bit of relief have been paused. With funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ...

Rats have gotten a bad reputation over the years for being dirty, garbage-eating carriers of disease. But these ubiquitous rodents are also clever and capable of learning complex tasks, even using ...

Peggy Singlemann visits Dr. Phil Sheridan at Meadowview Biological Research Station in Woodford to learn about pitcher plants and explore a rare gravel bog ecosystem where these unique native plants ...

“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird, I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.” - George Elliot Frogs and crickets. Crickets and frogs. Growing up ...

Join Rachael Tancock as she ventures into the bogs of British Columbia in search of some of the most fascinating and fiercest plants on Earth: carnivorous plants. In this episode, Rachael meets plant ...

The Venus flytrap possesses sensory hairs that detect prey via touch stimuli. Bending of the sensory hair trigger Ca 2+ and electrical signals that propagate to the leaf blade. Saitama, Japan: Plants ...