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 government has sent 8,000 tsetse fly traps to Kalangala District to help control the biting insects that have recently moved from the shores of Lake Victoria into people’s homes and farms. Reports ...

I hate bugs inside my home. And while fruit flies are the least serious offender in my mind (bed bugs and roaches are much worse), some people can’t stand them. Instead of swatting at the air in a ...

What has no brain, no nervous system, and not even nerves, yet acts as if it has reflexes? The answer is a Venus fly trap. This famous carnivorous plant captures insects and other small animals – and ...

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To trap its prey, the Venus flytrap sends rapid electrical impulses, which are generated in response to touch or stress. But the molecular identity of the touch sensor has remained unclear. Japanese ...

Over the past few years, I’ve learned to always keep indoor fly traps on hand. The seasonal infestation is inevitable. It always starts out slow: One day, I notice a couple of fruit flies buzzing ...

A great horned owl found itself in a seriously sticky situation after becoming stuck in a glue trap in Orange County, rendering it both flightless and food-less. Fortunately, a Good Samaritan found ...

Just as the Perseid meteor shower approaches its peak, two luminous planets are getting in on the night-sky action. If you want to see the conjunction, you'll have to either stay out late or get up ...

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