Tag: Pitcher plant

  • Nation & World

    Pitcher plants build own communities

    Harvard research has shown that the “miniature ecosystems” housed in pitcher plants from opposite sides of the world are strikingly similar, suggesting that there may be something about the plants themselves that drives the formation of those communities.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Pitcher plants provide tipping point

    New research out of the Harvard Forest offers insight on exactly when the tipping point occurs that can disrupt the intricate web of life in a lake.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Plant offers slick strategy

    Adopting the pitcher plant’s slick strategy, a group of applied scientists at Harvard have created a material that repels just about any type of liquid, including blood and oil, and does so even under harsh conditions like high pressure and freezing temperatures.

    5 minutes