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.

The Venus fly trap (Dionaea muscipula) captivates with its clever approach to survival, thriving in the coastal wetlands of North and South Carolina. This remarkable plant is not only known for its ...

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 ...

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

COLUMBIA, S.C. — 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 ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — 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 ...

WASHINGTON -- Based on a review of the best available science, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that the carnivorous plant the Venus fly trap is not facing an imminent threat of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Conservationists are ...