In 2020, Japanese scientists genetically altered a Venus flytrap so that it glows green in response to outside stimulation, yielding important clues about how the plant's short-term "memory" works.

Ancient parasitic 'Venus flytrap' wasp found preserved in amber. The species likely used its unique apparatus to trap its hosts, ... reminiscent of a Venus flytrap plant, ...

The Aldrovanda vesiculosa, or waterwheel plant, is a rare and enigmatic aquatic cousin of the Venus flytrap. Its whorled leaves form tiny, jaw-like traps that snap shut on aquatic prey such as ...

The Venus flytrap, which lacks such a nervous system, also sends rapid electrical impulses, which are generated in response to touch or stress. It's how the plant traps its prey to feed.

This photo provided by Qiong Wu in March 2025 shows an ancient wasp, preserved in amber from Myanmar, whose back end resembles a Venus flytrap plant.

What a Venus Flytrap Should Look Like. The real Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is a small carnivorous plant native to subtropical wetlands on the East Coast of the United States.It is known for ...

Richard Jones saw his first Venus Flytrap when an old man -- well, maybe just old to 7- or 8-year-old Jones -- was selling them in paper cups out of his tailgate in Holden Beach, N.C.

A n 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 ...

A Venus flytrap is the star of the 2023 John Lewis Christmas advert, but how do you care for the carnivorous plant? And, more importantly, can the plant digest human flesh?

An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs, with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch its prey, scientists reported Wednesday.. The parasitic wasp's abdomen boasts a set of ...

The sensory hairs of the Venus flytrap contain a heat sensor that warns the plant of bush fires. It reacts to rapid temperature jumps, as researchers have discovered.