In early spring, a tiny plant called dwarf sundew (Drosera brevifolia) appears on the banks of our Hilton Head Island lagoon. It seems to pop up out of nowhere, tucked in among mosses and grasses near ...

WORCESTER COUNTY, Md. (WJLA) — A new carnivorous plant has been discovered by botanists in Maryland, according to the Department of Natural Resources. Botanists recently confirmed the discovery of ...

1. Sundews are a carnivorous plant, and despite their tiny size they are a formidable foe for insects on every continent except Antarctica! There at least 194 species of sundew, or Drosera, and they ...

A nature photographer has rediscovered a plant species whose last known sighting was when it was collected by Western Australia's first government botanist 170 years ago. Scientists have identified ...

An international team of botanists from Brazil, USA and the Botanische Staatssammlung München, Germany described a new species of carnivorous sundew (Drosera, Droseraceae), which was discovered on a ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract It is argued that conspecific pairs of subspecies within a genus should have a consistent degree of similarity - at least greater than that ...

Endangered carnivorous plants are being reintroduced to parts of England in an attempt to reverse their decline. Botanists say the "fascinating and beautiful" great sundew is extinct in many areas, ...

Insects have plenty to beware when it comes to carnivorous plants. Add an acid-loving fungus to that list of dangers. Sundew plants have tentacle-like leaves that curl around and entrap flies and ...

A new plant species has been hailed as the first to be "discovered over Facebook" after a photo posted by an amateur researcher was spotted by scientists on the social media network. The huge ...