Bladderwort might look innocent, but don’t let that fool you - this plant is a lightning-fast predator. In this video, we ...

More than 200 bladderwort species live in placid pools of water and saturated muck on every continent except Antarctica. The plant catches prey in tiny, balloon-like bladders that either dangle in ...

In the world of plants, most use sunlight and soil to survive. But some have a very different way to live. Carnivorous plants ...

Once inside, the insect is doomed to become plant food, Anderson said. ... Bladderworts work similarly to Venus flytraps. And the hike is one of the few places to see Venus flytraps.

From the (in)famous Venus Flytrap to the deadly Cobra Lily, some fascinating plants have adapted to become carnivorous. Check out these 7 carnivorous plants that eat animals.

Prey decomposition speeds up and the plant gets more nutrients. Previous studies hinted that bacteria living in the mucilage of other carnivorous plants including pitcher plants and bladderworts ...

Suction traps: Bladder-like structures in aquatic plants (like bladderworts) that suck in tiny organisms. After trapping their meal, these plants release digestive enzymes to break down the soft ...

Horned Bladderwort While this plant may seen as inconspicuous at first, its leaves — which are threadlike and found in shallow water or wet soil— have small bladders that help to trap small ...

Traditionally, bamboo has been thought of as the world’s fastest-growing plant. It’s still listed as such on the Guinness World Records website, which states that some species of bamboo grow ...