There are currently around 630 species of carnivorous plant known to science. Although most meat-eating plants consume insects, larger plants are capable of digesting reptiles and small mammals.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend is an adage that holds true for plants, suggests a linkurl:study;http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/329/5995/1075 that ...

Tarnished plant bugs are renowned for being troublesome for strawberries. They cause misshapen fruits as the bugs eat the seeds of young strawberries as they develop. If you want to combat pests ...

The name for animals that eat meat and plants. Rats eat plants, seeds, and fruit, as well insects and other animals. In fact, rats will eat almost anything! Discover what different animals eat as ...

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 ...

For Venus flytraps to actually eat insects, he declared, would go "against the order of nature as willed by God." The plants only catch insects by accident, he reasoned, and once a hapless bug ...