The heavy nitrogen 15N accumulates in the course of the food chain from plants to carnivorous animals compared to the light nitrogen 14N. Therefore, carnivores have a higher ratio of heavy to ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is a non-governmental organization whose objective is to motivate and help nations all over the globe preserve their animal and plant ...

Thousands of carnivorous and rare tropical plants are hidden inside greenhouses on a dusty Hill Country road. For the first ...

Even botanists can be surprised at the sheer variety of a houseplant often known only for being indestructible.

Geochemist Tina Lüdecke stands next to "Little Foot", a remarkably well-preserved Australopithecus skeleton that was discovered in the Sterkfontein Caves and is considered to be the most complete ...

Plants nursing pitchers of digestive acid hang in baskets inches away from your head. You don’t actually have to travel across the world to find these carnivorous critters. Carnivero's nursery, which ...

The rare plant – scientific name amorphophallus titanum, but also known as “Titan Arum” or “bunga bangkai” in Indonesia where it grows wild – began to bloom on Thursday, giving off an ...

Putricia has been placed behind a velvet rope in Sydney's botanic gardens An endangered plant known as the "corpse flower" for its putrid stink is blooming in Australia - and captivating the ...