With optimum and intentional care, this plant can thrive indoors.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. a pot of venus fly trap plants on a table The Venus fly trap (Dionaea muscipula) captivates with its clever approach to survival, ...

One of only two plants worldwide that actively trap animal prey, the flytrap is at home in a surprisingly small patch of U.S. soil. Lynda Richardson As I slogged through black swamp water, the mud ...

New research seems to bust a common hypothesis for how a Venus flytrap's trap begins to close, while supporting another.

An insect lands on the open leaves of a Venus flytrap plant, drawn to an appealing scent. It noses around and accidentally brushes one of the trap’s trigger hairs. An action potential shoots across ...