An extinct lineage of parasitic wasps dating from the mid-Cretaceous period and preserved in amber may have used their Venus flytrap-like abdomen to capture and immobilize their prey. Research, ...

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 ...

June 11 (Reuters) - Pity the poor fly that lands on a Venus flytrap. When the insect touches hair-like structures on this remarkable carnivorous plant, its trap snaps shut, dooming the victim to be ...

New research seems to bust a common hypothesis for how a Venus flytrap's trap begins to close, while supporting another.

A team of French scientists say they've solved the long-standing mystery of how Venus flytraps shut so quickly. They say that the plants spring shut from softening in the outside of their leaves, but ...

There aren’t many plants kids would name as their favorite. It’s probably a pretty short list that includes classics like roses, Christmas trees, and, of course, the perennial favorite: the Venus ...

The Venus flytrap can survive in the nutrient-poor swamps of North and South Carolina because it compensates for the lack of nitrogen, phosphate and minerals by catching and eating insects. It hunts ...

In 2011, a horticulturist named Mathias Maier stumbled across an unusual mutant of a Venus flytrap, a carnivorous plant that traps and feeds on insects. Scientists recently discovered that the typical ...

The sensory hairs of the Venus flytrap contain a heat sensor that warns the plant of bush fires. It reacts to rapid temperature jumps, as researchers have discovered. The Venus flytrap can survive in ...