Learn the best way to care for Venus flytrap, a fascinating carnivorous plant you can grow indoors or out. Reviewed by Sylvia Duax Venus flytrap care (Dionaea muscipula) is comparable to pet ownership ...

One of only two plants worldwide that actively trap animal prey, the flytrap is at home in a surprisingly small patch of U.S. soil. Lynda Richardson As I slogged through black swamp water, the mud ...

CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. -- Park ranger Jesse Anderson leads dozens of people on a weekly hike in North Carolina to see some of the most unique living things in the world - plants that supplement the ...

CONWAY — Venus flytraps don’t usually trap flies at all, Jim Luken, a botanist and retired biology professor, said. Flying insects are attracted to the plants’ flowers, which sit high above the iconic ...

An insect lands on the open leaves of a Venus flytrap plant, drawn to an appealing scent. It noses around and accidentally brushes one of the trap’s trigger hairs. An action potential shoots across ...

To trap its prey, the Venus flytrap sends rapid electrical impulses, which are generated in response to touch or stress. But the molecular identity of the touch sensor has remained unclear. Japanese ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Venus flytraps only grow in the Carolinas, in an area of southeastern North Carolina ...

The concept of a plant that "eats" animals provokes the darker regions of the imagination. In the 1980s musical comedy "Little Shop of Horrors," a giant Venus flytrap named Audrey II consumes human ...