Recently-Discovered Carnivorous Plant Eats Bugs, Rats Discover the carnivorous pitcher plant, Nepenthes attenboroughii, the largest meat-eating plant species found in the Philippines.

A carnivorous pitcher plant big enough to gobble up rats has been named in honor of British TV naturalist David Attenborough.

A carnivorous pitcher plant big enough to gobble up rats has been named in honor of British TV naturalist David Attenborough.

A carnivorous pitcher plant big enough to gobble up rats has been named in honor of British TV naturalist David Attenborough.

A carnivorous pitcher plant big enough to gobble up rats has been named in honor of British TV naturalist David Attenborough.

A carnivorous pitcher plant big enough to gobble up rats has been named in honor of British TV naturalist David Attenborough.

Nepenthes northiana - the carnivorous pitcher plant prepares to tuck into a rat.

A rare new species of plant that eats small rats has been discovered at the tip of Cape York. Pitcher plants, otherwise known as flesh-eating plants, grow throughout Cape York but now a new ...

A carnivorous pitcher plant that eats rats and insects has been discovered in the Philippines and named after Sir David Attenborough.

A team led by British botanist Stewart McPherson seem to have identified a new carnivorous plant in Palawan, central Philippines.

In fact, he was rather pleased that this giant rat-eating pitcher plant -- it can hold two litres of water -- was named after him.

Forget traps. A carnivorous plant big enough to devour a mouse or baby rat is among scores of rare and exotic flora on display at Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens and horticulturists say it can be ...