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 ...

PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON / The sumptuous wine-red leaves of the Northern pitcher plant are extremely attractive and potentially deadly to insects. Note the downward-pointing “hairs” on the lid of the ...

Some plants survive by doing things you wouldn’t expect, and the pitcher plant is one of the boldest examples. At first glance it looks harmless, with its tall, tube shaped leaves and striking colours ...

In Florida’s wetlands the carnivorous pitcher plant is blurring the lines between predator and ally. In Florida’s wetlands, the carnivorous pitcher plant is blurring the lines between predator and ...

Plant your own Carnivorous Plant ​ Saturday, February 28, 2026 ​ 12:00pm-1:00pm Purchase your ticket here:  Tired of ordinary houseplants? Join us for a hands-on workshop where you’ll pot your very ...

Julian Shepersky, 18, of Albany, holds the hybrid American pitcher plant he created, which features white and red tube-like pitchers on the same plant. He has filed to have the genetically unique ...

Carnivorous plants, uniquely adapted to nutrient-poor habitats, capture insects and small organisms for essential nutrients. Popular types like Venus flytraps use snap traps, while sundews employ ...

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 pitcher (b-c).