Venus flytraps are carnivorous plants, so in addition to the right watering schedule, you should supplement their nutrition ...

Most of us were probably a bit incredulous the first time we heard about the Venus flytrap: There’s such a thing as a carnivorous plant? One that actually can clench its jaw-like protuberance around ...

As previously reported, the Venus flytrap attracts its prey with a pleasing fruity scent. When an insect lands on a leaf, it ...

The Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) might be the most famous carnivorous plant; it can entice prey to land on its leaf lobes, which it can shut like a trap. Just like the signals that flash through ...

Carnivorous plants are a fascinating part of the natural world, especially species like the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) that rely on what is effectively a spring-loaded trap to ensnare ...

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Carnivorous plants stir the imagination. You can find the results in science fiction novels ("The Day of the Triffids"), Broadway plays ("Little Shop of Horrors") and in recent research that concludes ...

San Diego researchers have isolated the biological mechanism that allows Venus flytraps to catch their living animal prey. The information may have applications for humans. Researchers at the Salk ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The numbers are in on the count of Venus Flytraps in North Carolina and South Carolina. From May to July, the North Carolina's Natural Heritage Program counted the carnivorous ...

Richard Jones saw his first Venus Flytrap when an old man -- well, maybe just old to 7- or 8-year-old Jones -- was selling them in paper cups out of his tailgate in Holden Beach, N.C. Richard Jones ...

Three people were arrested this week for poaching wild-grown Venus flytrap. Jan. 26, 2012 — -- Venus' flytraps may have a fearsome reputation as far as plants go, but in the Carolinas, the ...