The carnivorous plant Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) captures and digests small animals, and absorbs nutrients with its characteristic insectivorous leaves. Six sensory hairs on the inner surface ...

The Venus' flytrap, one of only six carnivorous plants native to the United States and one that has special significance to Craven County, gets added protection in a bill passed by the N.C. General ...

Q. I have heard that it is illegal to remove the little carnivorous plants called Venus flytraps from the wild. Are they protected by state wildlife agencies or the Endangered Species Act? A. Last ...

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 ...

On certain calm days in North Carolina’s Green Swamp Preserve, the chirps of birds and insects give way to the sound of crackling. Tendrils of blue-gray smoke unfurl in the air, and the ground, ...

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Venus flytraps can’t hurt you, even if you leave your fingers in there for a long time. But what if you were a particularly creative mafioso who needed to dispose of a body? Is there a particular ...

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