Meet the butterwort - a carnivorous plant with a killer cling. Unlike snap traps or pitchers, this plant lures in prey with sticky, glistening leaves that insects can’t escape. In this video ...

Some of the most unique living things in the world — plants that supplement the nutrients they get from sunlight by digesting ...

Almost 80 species of butterwort are included in the genus Pinguicula. The succulent bright green leaves of the carnivorous plants are covered with glands that produce tiny sticky droplets.

Butterworts (Pinguicula) are unshowy plants, with small rosettes of leaves covered in tiny glands that ooze sticky mucilage and digestive enzymes. Most butterworts are entirely passive ...

As the seasons change, cut dead leaves off to encourage new growth. Feeding butterworts is generally a simple affair, but the ...

Butterworts (Pinguicula) are unshowy plants, with small rosettes of leaves covered in tiny glands that ooze sticky mucilage and digestive enzymes. Most butterworts are entirely passive ...

And another species, called a butterwort, has sticky leaves that, besides ensnaring unsuspecting insect visitors, also collects and digests pollen, and uses this flower power to increase its own ...

Both species are described in a study published March 24 in the journal PhytoKeys and part of the butterworts group ... small insects with their sticky leaves. Carnivorous plants use these ...

“Mexican butterworts, especially, will find fungus gnats and munch on them.” The sticky leaves of Mexican butterworts lure and digest bugs. There are at least 80 species of Mexican ...