Bladderwort might look innocent, but don’t let that fool you - this plant is a lightning-fast predator. In this video, we dive into how it works, why it’s so effective, and what makes it one ...

Take the floating bladderwort. This flesh-eating water plant is a genetic minimalist, adrift in a world of hoarders. The onion, for example, has around five times more DNA than you do, with a ...

The species in this photo, the common bladderwort, makes its living in the swamps of Alabama and the coastal South, trapping and then eating all manner of tiny creatures, from one-celled animals ...

The aquatic carnivorous bladderwort, which can be found in many lakes and ponds worldwide, does not only gain profit from eating little animals but also by consuming algae and pollen grains.

More than 200 bladderwort species live in placid pools of water and saturated muck on every continent except Antarctica. The plant catches prey in tiny, balloon-like bladders that ...

Take a look inside the bladder of an aquatic bladderwort plant. You can see the single-celled algae, called desmids, that it has consumed. They will be digested to provide the plant with needed ...

The bladderwort, or Utricularia purpurea ... these plants don’t secrete any flesh-eating enzymes within their traps, Miller notes. In fact, several insect larvae survive only inside the ...

and other minute animal prey in bladderwort traps. Are the algae symbionts? Are they swept in accidentally with animals? Or could bladderworts actually eat algae? To advance the debate ...

Utricularia, a genus of rootless carnivorous plants, is better known by its common name, bladderwort. There are more than 200 species worldwide, living in fresh water and saturated soils.