In Cambodia, video of women suggestively joking around with a protected carnivorous specimen prompted a government admonition: Hands off, people. By Richard C. Paddock The three women shrieked and ...
The Cambodian government is urging sexed-up citizens to stop playing with phallic-shaped flowers known as Nepenthes holdenii — saying the erotic-looking plants are at risk of extinction. The Ministry ...
Officials have shared images on Facebook of three women posing with the strangely shaped plants and have asked the public to refrain from picking them. The two informed the publication that despite ...
Possessing more than two complete sets of chromosomes can be a hindrance to long-term survival of a plant lineage, yet scientists are also finding evidence it’s likely behind some evolutionary ...
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Among the numerous carnivorous pitcher plant species, scientists say this is the first that lays its traps underground. By Carolyn Wilke A newly discovered pitcher plant keeps its hunger for insects ...
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