The carnivorous plant Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) captures and digests small animals, and absorbs nutrients with its characteristic insectivorous leaves. Six sensory hairs on the inner surface ...

Q. I have heard that it is illegal to remove the little carnivorous plants called Venus flytraps from the wild. Are they protected by state wildlife agencies or the Endangered Species Act? A. Last ...

The Venus' flytrap, one of only six carnivorous plants native to the United States and one that has special significance to Craven County, gets added protection in a bill passed by the N.C. General ...

The reasoning behind these rules makes sense once you know the unique natural history of carnivorous plants. Although the most well-known carnivorous plant, the Venus flytrap, is native only to a ...

The Venus flytrap Dionaea muscipula is the most sophisticated of the carnivorous plants. Its traps snap shut in a fraction of a second, imprisoning prey in a cage of teeth that line the edges of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Here is an interesting fact about the flora of Ohio. We have representatives in three of the five main types of insectivorous plants. Commonly known as carnivorous plants, these are the plants that ...

In the 1986 musical classic “Little Shop of Horrors,” a sassy, big-mouthed, blood-drinking plant who appeared on earth after a total eclipse of the sun, aims to take over the world, eating anyone who ...