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Darren accidentally created a tropicalised Venus flytrap — a plant never meant to survive in Singapore’s climate. Now 26, he ...
Watch the Video Click here to watch on YouTube There are thousands of different species of sea anemones in the ocean with ...
This mutant Venus flytrap mysteriously lost its ability to “count” The mutant can no longer decode calcium signature that causes trap to shut quickly.
How the Venus Flytrap Captures Its Prey Scientists used CRISPR-Cas9 for the first time in a carnivorous plant to prove the role of two ion channels in closing the Venus flytrap’s trap.
The Venus flytrap emerged about 65 million years ago with an evolutionary hack: a jawlike snap trap that allows the plant to thrive in poor-quality soils by attracting insects.
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.
The Venus flytrap uses special heat receptors in the sensory hairs to protect its vital snap traps and sensory hairs from fire.
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.
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 ...
An extinct species of parasitic wasp dating back nearly 99 million years was found preserved in amber, according to researchers.
Grow a Garden features many plant species that produce fruits of varying selling prices. One of the rarest plants in the game is the Venus Flytrap, a Divine-rarity plant obtained from Jim the ...