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Venus flytraps produce magnetic fields when they eat
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
These carnivorous plants generate tiny magnetic signals when they clamp down on insects.
World's ugliest orchid looks like a soul-sucking, eyeless worm
By Mindy Weisberger published
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)
By Mindy Weisberger published
Streaming video from NYC offers a stink-free view of the notoriously malodorous corpse plant in bloom.
Here's how plants became meat eaters
By Diane Lincoln published
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)
By Brandon Specktor published
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
By Nicoletta Lanese published
A new study suggests that plants that are stressed by drought or physical damage may emit ultrasonic squeals.
Don't Waste Your Emotions on Plants, They Have No Feelings, Grumpy Scientists Say
By Mindy Weisberger published
You can talk to your plants — but they won't care.
Why Didn't Chernobyl's Radiation Kill the Plants There?
By Stuart Thompson published
Here's why plant life is so resilient to radiation and nuclear disaster.
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