Deep in the Bornean rainforest, a small woolly bat curls up for a nap inside of a carnivorous plant, designed by nature to ...

A pitcher plant discovered in a rainforest in Borneo uses underground traps grown under a moss mat (left) and in a cavity under tree roots (right) to catch prey. M. Dančák et al/Phytokeys 2022.

A newly discovered pitcher plant keeps its hunger for insects on the down low: It’s the first such plant known to grow working traps underground.. Martin Dančák, a plant taxonomist, and Wewin ...

Pitcher plants are known for capturing their prey in their traps or pitchers, but a team of researchers has discovered a rather unique species that keeps its traps concealed underground.

The underground pitchers of Nepenthes pudica Courtesy of Martin Dančák. Now, that fateful discovery has led to the identification of a new species of pitcher plant, one that traps and eats bugs ...

A pioneering pitcher plant is changing what we know about carnivorous species.. With a name meaning 'shy', the pitcher plant Nepenthes pudica hides its traps under moss or soil to capture a range of ...

Carnivorous plants are already quite fascinating, but a newly discovered one ratchets up the weirdness factor even further. It's a type of pitcher plant, and it captures prey that lives underground.

No other species of pitcher plant known to science catches its prey underground. The plant forms specialized underground shoots with small, white, chlorophyll-free leaves, the researchers said.