About 150 years ago, famous British naturalist Charles Darwin observed the sticky "hairs" on two plant species in the Saxifraga genus and wondered if some plants in the genus could be carnivorous. While he was unable to prove it then, more than a century later, scientists have shown that Darwin's suspicions were correct.

Un equipo multidisciplinar de científicos ha demostrado que la especie ‘Saxifraga candelabrum’ es carnívora, tal y como planteó el naturalista inglés en 1875, un hallazgo que…

Sticky hairs on the alpine flower Saxifraga led Darwin to posit that it might eat animals and 150+ years later, that has been shown to be true

Charles Darwin predicted in 1875 that some members of the Saxifraga genus could be carnivorous—now scientists have finally proven him right