It is easy to feel sorry for the small bugs that end up as lunch for hunters like the Cape sundew, Venus flytraps, and ...

Carnivorous plants consume other living creatures for their food. Learn facts about growing Venus flytraps, pitcher plants ...

Serome Hamlin shares tips for potting and caring for Venus flytraps. Featured on VHG episode 2508, October 2025. KEYWORDS: VHG 2508, Virginia Home Grown, DIY, Serome Hamlin, Venus flytrap Virginia ...

New York-based artist Joiri Minaya's Venus Flytrap was a site-specific, newly commissioned performance series and installation at Philadelphia's Bartram’s Garden last summer. Curated by writer and ...

BOILING SPRING LAKES, N.C. (WECT/Gray News) - More than 150 Venus flytraps were harvested for relocation Sunday morning amid fears of endangerment from both development and illegal poaching. The ...

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 ...

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To trap its prey, the Venus flytrap sends rapid electrical impulses, which are generated in response to touch or stress. But the molecular identity of the touch sensor has remained unclear. Japanese ...

Japanese scientists have uncovered the secret behind the Venus flytrap’s deadly bite. They identified a touch-sensitive ion channel, DmMSL10, at the base of the plant’s sensory hairs that detects ...

As far as plants go, Venus flytraps are pretty hardcore. After attracting its prey with a fruity scent and trapping it inside its leaves, the flytrap slowly digests the insect for 5 to 12 days, ...

The Venus flytrap possesses sensory hairs that detect prey via touch stimuli. Bending of the sensory hair trigger Ca 2+ and electrical signals that propagate to the leaf blade. Saitama, Japan: Plants ...