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Flowers use the smell of death to lure and imprison coffin flies
This is the first time that a flower has been found to mimic the scent of dead insects, according to a new study.
1st time-lapse of rare moonflower blooming is stunning
The blooming process of a moonflower cactus has been captured on video for the first time and was watched by over 400,000 people online.
Venus flytraps produce magnetic fields when they eat
These carnivorous plants generate tiny magnetic signals when they clamp down on insects.
World's ugliest orchid looks like a soul-sucking, eyeless worm
Orchids are usually prized for their loveliness, but a newly described species is no beauty.
Sexy, stinky corpse plant blooms to life on livestream (watch here)
Streaming video from NYC offers a stink-free view of the notoriously malodorous corpse plant in bloom.
Here's how plants became meat eaters
Carnivorous plants began evolving about 70 million years ago, when an ancestor duplicated its entire genome, allowing some genes to be repurposed for hunting.
The World's Largest Corpse Flower Is Blooming Right Now (and It Stinks)
Conservationists in Indonesia discovered the largest-ever specimen of Rafflesia tuan-mudae, a parasitic plant known as the 'corpse flower'
Plants 'Scream' in the Face of Stress
A new study suggests that plants that are stressed by drought or physical damage may emit ultrasonic squeals.
