Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Monkey cup, also known as the tropical pitcher plant, is a carnivorous plant in the family Nepenthaceae. The name "monkey cup" is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carnivorous plants flip the rules of the food chain by trapping insects and small animals to extract valuable nutrients that the ...

Most plants rely on sunlight and soil nutrients to survive, but some have evolved a much more unusual strategy. Carnivorous ...

These carnivorous plants have evolved in ingenious ways—inspiring innovations from nonstick sprays to water repellants. What other mysteries do pitcher plants hold? A tropical pitcher plant's slippery ...