Scientists have discovered a new species of pitcher plant with leaves covered in hairs that resemble orangutan fur. It is highly likely that this unique plant is at risk of extinction. The ...

Wild Life shared a very interesting fact about the carnivorous pitcher plant and how it is dangerous to some but gently opens its lid to provide sweet nectar to the tiny tree shrew. It also keeps ...

Found only near the summit of Mount Victoria on the island of Palawan in the Philippines, Attenborough's pitcher plant (Nepenthes attenboroughii) is critically endangered. One of the largest of all ...

The pitcher plant Nepenthes x ventrata is gorgeous and popular with horticulturists, but it’s deadly for the insects that fall into the trap for which it is named. Yet the enzymes in the digestive ...

The Carnivorous Plant That Feasts on Mice While the carnivorous cravings of most flesh-eating plants are limited to small insects, one exception is the pitcher plant. It can consume anything that ...

KOTA KINABALU: A type of giant hairy pitcher plant which was first photographed in 2004, has officially been named after it was recognised as a new species and classified as Critically Endangered.

KOTA KINABALU: The highly adaptable pitcher plant is facing threats in Sabah, with seven species listed as threatened on the International Union for Conser­vation of Nature Red List. Conservation ...

As Dr Martin Cheek points out, tropical pitcher plants “are unique because some species have the largest animal traps known in the plant world, and attract, trap and digest, not just large ...

Painter Marianne North's obsession with local Borneo vegetation led her to one of the most unusual and rare plants in the world: the flesh-eating pitcher plant, located deep in the forests of Kuching.

Colorado Rockies pitcher Jake Bird had a very ungraceful moment during Thursday’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Coors Field in Denver, Co. With the Rockies nursing a 2-1 lead in the 8th ...

Colorado Rockies pitcher Jake Bird had a very ungraceful moment during Thursday's game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Coors Field in Denver, Co. With ...