The Power of Movement in Plants

Darwin's experiments on sundews, Venus flytraps and bladderworts, and how these plants capture and digest prey. A patient record of tests carried out over many years in his own greenhouse.

Charles Darwin

How twining stems, tendrils and hooks let plants climb, described through close observation of dozens of species. A short, focused book on one of Darwin's favorite botanical puzzles.

Charles Darwin

Darwin examines why some species produce two or three distinct flower forms, and how that arrangement promotes cross-fertilization. His work on primroses runs through the whole volume.

Charles Darwin

Darwin's last book, on how earthworms build and turn over the soil beneath us. Forty years of observation on a subject nobody had taken seriously as geology.

Charles Darwin