Toward the end of the 19th century, lurid tales of killer plants began popping up everywhere. Terrible, tentacle-waving trees snatched and swallowed unwary travelers in far-off lands. Mad professors ...

Predator–prey dynamics within plant–pollinator communities represent a multifaceted network of interactions that influence the evolution, ecology and stability of terrestrial ecosystems. Ambush ...

Triphyophyllum peltatum, an extraordinary plant native to West Africa, has astonished scientists with its unique behavior. Widely recognized for its medicinal properties and the production of a ...

Plans to introduce plant-eating predators to fight a superweed spreading throughout Britain should not be seen as a 'magic bullet', says a world expert on Japanese knotweed at the University of ...

(Beyond Pesticides, March 16, 2022) Pest damaged plants release volatile chemical “scents” that alert other nearby plants of potential predators and give them time to prepare their defenses, according ...

Yet while that bolsters the idea that carnivorous plants acquired their new digestive skills in much the same way, there’s growing suspicion that the same might not be true for the all-important ...