Watch how a carnivorous trumpet pitcher is growing, eating, and digesting insects in this 4K time-lapse video.

GULF COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Ben West never imagined a family fishing trip would turn into a fight for survival. In August, West contracted Vibrio vulnificus — commonly known as flesh-eating ...

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (WPVI) -- A Montgomery County business owner is continuing to recover in the hospital after being diagnosed with a rare flesh-eating bacterial infection, a medical emergency that has ...

Researchers have described a new-to-science species of carnivorous plant that’s known from only three locations on the Philippines’ Palawan Island. The newly described pitcher plant, which grows on ...

There is something so intriguing about carnivorous plants, and having them in your home or garden is certainly a talking point (and a unique way to get rid of flies that annoy you). One popular ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

New World screwworm is the name given to the larval, or maggot, stage of the Cochliomyia hominivorax blowfly John Kucharski / USDA Roughly 60 years ago, the United States eradicated the New World ...

California researchers are preparing for the possible return of the New World screwworm, a parasitic fly that feeds on living flesh and once devastated U.S. livestock. By monitoring traps and ...

Photos of Nepenthes megastoma, a newly described critically endangered species endemic to Palawan, Philippines, showing its lower pitcher (a) and two distinct variant forms of its upper pitcher (b-c).

YULEE, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health has confirmed a case of Vibrio vulnificus, commonly known as flesh-eating bacteria, in Nassau County. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in ...

There's an old saying that everything in Australia wants to eat you – and this apparently includes plants, with the island a global hotbed of carnivorous species. Now, scientists have made a ...