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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Venus fly trap (Dionaea muscipula) captivates with its clever approach to survival, thriving in the coastal wetlands of North ...

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

Our Venus' flytrap plant was about to bloom in this time lapse. This isn't something we typically see everyday, that's why we ...

The Endangered Species Act has been one of the country’s most valuable environmental tools, but it faces new threats. As the law turns 50, we’re asking whether this “pit bull” of an environmental law, ...

CONWAY — Venus flytraps don’t usually trap flies at all, Jim Luken, a botanist and retired biology professor, said. Flying insects are attracted to the plants’ flowers, which sit high above the iconic ...

CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. — Park ranger Jesse Anderson leads dozens of people on a weekly hike in North Carolina to see some of the most unique living things in the world — plants that supplement the ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WNCN) — CBS 17 is getting a first look at a prototype for one of North Carolina’s new license plate designs. Damon Waitt looking at Venus flytraps at the NC Botanical Garden (Chloe ...

Perhaps the most famous Venus flytrap, Audrey Junior, the star of the 1960 movie Little Shop of Horrors, is garrulous and towering, but real flytraps are meek things only a few inches tall. Most of ...

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, ...