A previously known species of North American plants turned out to be predatory

March 5, 2024

: In nature, trophic relationships are more common when animals eat plants. But in some cases, in nutrient-poor environments, the opposite can happen: carnivorous plants take the necessary minerals for life and reproduction from animals that they capture, luring them to themselves. Predation is believed to have arisen independently eleven times in different groups of plants, of which there are now several hundred species. We generally think of “carnivores” as…

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