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 ...

If you want to grow a Venus flytrap indoors, you don't actually have to feed it bugs—but it does need some special care. Better Homes and Gardens. How to Grow a Venus Flytrap as a Houseplant.

The small Venus fly trap, for example, thrives in a very small native range in the Carolinas. A noteworthy giant of carnivorous plants is the Nepenthes rajah, a large, rare plant that grows in Borneo.

In 2020, Japanese scientists genetically altered a Venus flytrap so that it glows green in response to outside stimulation, yielding important clues about how the plant's short-term "memory" works.

Venus fly trap, Dionaea muscipula, a predatory plant that can count. If an insect touches two of the small hairs in the leaf surface within 20 seconds, the trap snaps shut.

The Venus Flytrap’s Lethal Allure Native only to the Carolinas, the carnivorous plant that draws unwitting insects to its spiky maw now faces dangers of its own ...

Thomas McElveen, D-Sumter, looks at a Venus fly trap plant during a hearing on a bill to make it the state's official carnivorous plant on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo ...

Richard Jones saw his first Venus Flytrap when an old man -- well, maybe just old to 7- or 8-year-old Jones -- was selling them in paper cups out of his tailgate in Holden Beach, N.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 (Porgy and ...

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 ...