Where is it? The 15,600-acre preserve in central Brunswick County is located in Supply on the northside of U.S. 17. The best way to access the site is via a trail head off N.C. 211 roughly 6 miles ...

Scientists have long been mystified about how animals who munch on plants in Yellowstone National Park all get enough food to eat. Animals all living in the same habitat and eating the same foods ...

The scientists observed sick or injured animals eating certain plant items that were not part of their normal diet. They collected samples of those plants to test for pharmacological properties.

Wild gorillas in Gabon eat several of the same plants traditional healers in the region use, and these plants show antibacterial properties in lab dishes, scientists found.

Plants are a low-calorie food source, so it can be challenging for animals to consume enough energy to meet their needs. Now, climate change is reducing the nutritional value of some foods that ...

Sundews, pitcher plants, flytraps and other critter-trapping plants have done extremely well for themselves, through millions of years, ensnaring small prey and developing relationships with ...

Plants are a low-calorie food source, so it can be challenging for animals to consume enough energy to meet their needs. Now climate change is reducing the nutritional value of some foods that ...

The Green Swamp is home to at least 14 different species of carnivorous plants, including extensive populations of Venus' flytraps, sundew, butterworts, bladderworts and four species of pitcher plant.