CHESTERVILLE – “I wasn’t exaggerating, was I?” said Robert Pachucki, leaning forward in his rowboat and heaving the oars out of Horseshoe Pond. Rising from the surface they looked startlingly like ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Great, wonderful, wacky things can come in small genomic packages. That’s one lesson to be learned from the carnivorous bladderwort, a plant whose tiny genome turns out to be a jewel ...

Flowers from the invasive swollen bladderwort are seen on Tilton Pond in Fayette, where Select Board members discussed the statewide threat during their Sep. 16 meeting. (Courtesy of the ...

Here's an awesome photo of an awesome organism with an awesome name. And we couldn't resist. We get a lot of press releases about photo contests, but this winning image from the Olympus BioScapes ...

The evolutionary secrets of one of nature's marvels – the carnivorous bladderwort – have been uncovered by scientists. The aquatic plant has no recognisable roots and floats around, catching prey with ...

What is a Venus fly trap? The Venus fly trap is a carnivorous plant that is native to North and South Carolina. The plant gets its name from its ability to trap and eat flies and other small insects.

Bladderwort looks like a delicate little water plant, but it’s nothing of the sort once you pay attention to how it feeds. Hidden along its stems are tiny traps that pull in prey faster than you can ...

We get a lot of press releases about photo contests, but this winning image from the Olympus BioScapes Imaging Competition (which I didn't even know existed) stood out for a few reasons: 1. The image ...