Physical principles and laws determine the set of possible organismal phenotypes.
Constraints arising from development, the environment, and evolutionary history then yield …

Plant movements are generally slow, but some plant species have evolved the ability to
move very rapidly at speeds comparable to those of animals. Whereas movement in animals …

Utricularia (bladderworts) are carnivorous plants. They produce small hollow vesicles, which
function as suction traps that work underwater and capture fine organisms. Inside the traps …

The genus Utricularia includes around 250 species of carnivorous plants, commonly known
as bladderworts. The generic name Utricularia was coined by Carolus Linnaeus in reference …

Similar to animals, plants have evolved mechanisms for elastic energy storage and release
to power and control rapid motion, yet both groups have been largely studied in isolation …

Carnivorous plants typify a mixotrophic strategy where autotrophy is supported by predation
on animals, achieved through fascinating morpho-physiological adaptations and unique …

The morphology-performance-fitness paradigm has long been a guiding principle inspiring
a great deal of laboratory and field studies fundamental to understanding functional …

Virtually all fishes rely on flows of water to transport food to the back of their pharynx. While
external flows that draw food into the mouth are well described, how intraoral waterflows …

Suction feeding has evolved independently in two highly disparate animal and plant
systems, aquatic vertebrates and carnivorous bladderworts. We review the suction …

Traditionally, most of our understanding of lake zooplankton dynamics is from data collected
in the pelagic, open water zone. However, the littoral and benthic zones of lakes can play a …