The plants use that information to speed digestion, the scientists found, BBC News reports. Conducting a study, the scientists recorded the impulses generated by these hairs and measured changes ...

Got bugs? Then you might want to get a Venus flytrap, a fascinating carnivorous (!) plant you can grow alongside all your other houseplants. This interesting little plant, native only to the bogs of ...

Most people think of plants as being at the bottom of the food chain, but the Venus Flytrap defies this oversimplified way of thinking by devouring meat. While the name suggests that Venus Flytraps ...

CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. — Park ranger Jesse Anderson leads dozens of people on a weekly hike in North Carolina to see some of the most unique living things in the world — plants that supplement the ...

Carnivorous plants survive in nutrient-poor areas by trapping insects for food. Here are 10 well-known species from around ...

CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. (AP) — Park ranger Jesse Anderson leads dozens of people on a weekly hike in North Carolina to see some of the most unique living things in the world — plants that supplement the ...

Venus flytraps are carnivorous plants that consume insects in order to fulfill their own nutritional requirements. The plants are incredible in many ways, but a new study reveals something truly ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: When it comes to deadly predators, plants generally don't come to mind. After all, they're typically at the bottom of the food chain. But the ...

The Venus flytrap tailors its response to prey by counting the number of action potentials induced by trigger hairs inside its trap. A series of rodent experiments showed that even with abundant food ...