Botanists are still proving Charles Darwin right with their recent identification of a new carnivorous plant growing in China’s mountainous forests. Darwin’s suspicion centered on Saxifraga species other than S. candelabrum, the plant examined in the new study. A New Take on Carnivorous PlantsMost carnivorous plants rely on highly specialized structures to capture prey. Identifying a new carnivorous plant species is an uncommon achievement for botanists, with the last such discovery occurring only five years ago. The paper, “Identification of Carnivory in the Flowering Plant Saxifraga Via Multidisciplinary Evidence,” appeared in Nature Communications on August 4, 2026.