As the most well-known carnivorous plant, the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is a unique, delicate, and interesting houseplant with a specific care routine.

Venus Fly Traps 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.

While the Venus flytrap occupies a narrow geographic range -- growing wild only in North and South Carolina -- the species is predicted to remain stable, because protection and active management ...

COLUMBIA, S.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 ...

We found a dying carnivorous Venus flytrap on the clearance shelf while shopping. To revive her, we first started with removing all the dried leaves. Then we re-potted it into a terrarium. About half ...

Ford has produced and won awards for several documentary films, like The Deepest Breath, Rising Phoenix, and Super/Man: The ...

Leaving the Venus flytrap in endangered-species limbo threatens not only its continued existence but a chance for botanists to study the peculiar plant in its native habitat.

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 want South Carolina to make the Venus fly trap the state’s official carnivorous plant.

COLUMBIA, S.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 ...