What has no brain, no nervous system, and not even nerves, yet acts as if it has reflexes? The answer is a Venus fly trap. This famous carnivorous plant captures insects and other small animals – and ...

Watch a carnivorous Venus flytrap growing and eating before your eyes in this time-lapse. A dormant flytrap was planted into ...

Just in time for Halloween, local gardening startup Fern (www.fernclub.com) has partnered with Roots SF, a plant boutique in the Mission, to offer a carnivorous terrarium by mail. The Venus Flytrap ...

In the United States, Venus fly traps are only native to North and South Carolina. The root of this prey-catching technique is a chemical ion channel named DmMSL10 that surrounds the base of a Venus ...

Conservationists are pushing for the Venus fly trap to be South Carolina's official carnivorous plant, joining other official items such as the state bird (Carolina Wren), state opera (Porgy and Bess) ...

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