Carnivorous pitcher plants use falling raindrops to force prey to their doom, a new study finds. This finding suggests that pitcher plants are not merely motionless pitfall traps, but instead ...

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Raindrops seen on plants after rain in Yangon, Myanmar . Source:Xinhua Published: 2020/6/21 8:28:56 . Raindrops are seen on a flower after rain at a garden in Yangon, Myanmar, June 20, 2020.

A study explores how raindrops help spread plant pathogens. Rainfall aids the spread of plant pathogens such as fungal spores across long distances. When rainfall splashes on surfaces, drops laden ...

Watch the plant use rain to bounce ants into its trap (footage: Ulrike Bauer) A carnivorous pitcher plant uses power from falling raindrops to fling ants to their doom, biologists have discovered ...

Carnivorous pitcher plants use falling raindrops to force prey to their doom, a new study finds. This finding suggests that pitcher plants are not merely motionless pitfall traps, but instead actively ...

Fake plants are moving into the 21st century! Researchers developed literal "power plants" -- tiny, leaf-shaped generators that create electricity from a blowing breeze or falling raindrops -- and ...

A carnivorous pitcher plant uses power from falling raindrops to fling ants to their doom, biologists have discovered. The team, from the University of Bristol, found that raindrops kick off very ...

The team, from the University of Bristol, found that raindrops kick off very fast vibrations in the lid of the plant's jug-shaped leaves. This propels ants from the lid into the pitcher trap below ...