Experience the fascinating life cycle of Drosera capensis, also known as the Cape Sundew, in this detailed time-lapse video.

The Cape sundew is a carnivorous plant found in South Africa. The plant's leaves are covered in tiny red tentacles called glandular trichomes. The tentacles produce drops of sticky mucilage, a ...

1. Sundews are a carnivorous plant, and despite their tiny size they are a formidable foe for insects on every continent except Antarctica! There at least 194 species of sundew, or Drosera, and they ...

Sundews, alongside other meat-eating denizens of the plant kingdom like pitcher plants and the Venus flytrap, have long occupied a special place in botanical popular culture. They are among the most ...

A new species of sundew has been discovered on Facebook. The find is a carnivorous sundew, Drosera magnifica. The new discovery comes from a single mountaintop in southeastern Brazil—the largest New ...

A killer plant with a cunning trick could one day be routinely used in a series of medical procedures, research shows. The sundew plant is aptly named. Each leaf is covered with tiny ...