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 ...

Only two—the Venus flytrap and the European waterwheel, Aldrovanda vesiculosa —have snap traps with hinged leaves that snag insects. They evolved from simpler carnivorous plants about 65 million years ...

Watch a carnivorous Venus flytrap growing and eating before your eyes in this time-lapse. A dormant flytrap was planted into a pot filled with soil mixture and moist wood fiber on the surface. We ...

The Venus flytrap can survive in the nutrient-poor swamps of North and South Carolina because it compensates for the lack of nitrogen, phosphate and minerals by catching and eating small animals. It ...