Bladderwort looks like a delicate little water plant, but it’s nothing of the sort once you pay attention to how it feeds. Hidden along its stems are tiny traps that pull in prey faster than you can ...

Bladderwort might look innocent, but don’t let that fool you - this plant is a lightning-fast predator. In this video, we dive into how it works, why it’s so effective, and what makes it one of the ...

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The marvelous month of August continues to unfold. Whether it is bird migrants, spiders, butterflies, dragonflies or a whole host of other insects, these late summer days continue to give us plenty of ...

Carnivorous plants are faced with the difficult task of catching animal prey that utilize high-speed nervous systems adept at avoiding such attacks. Aquatic bladderworts, plants that feast on insect ...

Carnivorous bladderwort (which is in fact a real plant, and not some insidious greenery from the Harry Potter series) has some mind-bending genetic material. According to a new study published in ...

Great, wonderful, wacky things can come in small genomic packages. That’s one lesson to be learned from the carnivorous bladderwort, a plant whose tiny genome turns out to be a jewel box full of ...