The research is published in the journal Scientific Reports. Utricularia vulgaris, also known as a bladderwort, is a carnivorous plant that traps its prey using specialized hollow, water-filled ...

The small genome of the carnivorous, aquatic bladderwort packs a gene-rich punch that provides the unique plant with many of its special adaptations, according to a study published in Molecular ...

4. Bladderwort Bladderworts are aquatic carnivorous plants that use suction to trap their prey. They have tiny, bladder-like sacs under water with a trapdoor mechanism. When small creatures like ...