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Revealed, through an exclusive from the discoverer, the first word on the new Latin name for this new plant species. Images.

Read: Exclusive: New Parasitic Plant’s Scientific Name »

Cryptobotany: George Yatskievych, Ph.D.,
Curator at the Missouri Botanical Garden, made the find and identification. Images.

Read: Parasitic Plant Rediscovered After 20 Years »

Ohio has a secret, which has been revealed a bit. A secret tree, that is. The state has kept their secret for seven years. They retain part of the hidden knowledge about the above pictured tree, because they aren’t telling anyone where it is located.
This Ohio treasure’s existence was closely guarded until […]

Read: An Old Chestnut »

A quick overview of the African island’s unknown animals reveals there may be more surprises from there in the next decade. Cryptid drawings.

Read: Madagascar’s Cryptids »

Some people wondered if pitcher plants can actually “eat” (i.e. dissolve and digest) rats? Here are two videos that address the issue and a counter-argument. Graphic videos. Do not watch while eating!

Read: Rats! Or Not? »

This is the first of its kind, the discovery of a new species of mushroom that stands straight up under flowing water. Photo.

Read: Underwater Mushroom Discovered »

Here is another one for your cryptobotany file! Photo.

Read: Rat-Eating Plant Discovered »

Dr. Bill Baker of the Royal Botanic Gardens said finding the plant was equivalent to a zoologist identifying a new species of elephant hidden in a jungle. Photo.

Read: New Monster Palm Discovered »

A fascinating video report has been broadcast about the cow-eating tree, the eyewitness villagers, and the cow.

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The man-eating tree of Madagascar seems to have been the progenitor of a whole literary dynasty of sinister plants: H.G. Wells’ Strange Orchid; John Wyndham’s peripatetic Triffids; the Widow’s Weed in Gus Arriola’s “Gordo” comic strip; and, not least, Audrey II of “Little Shop of Horrors.” Photo. Map.

Read: More On Man-Eating Plants »

Talk a walk on the wild side of cryptobotany, but don’t venture too close to that tree branch. Breaking news just in tells of carnivorous trees grabbing humans and cattle! Plus here are some sources for further reading. With a woodcut image (naturally).

Read: India’s Cow-Eating Trees »