The Venus flytrap Dionaea muscipula is the most sophisticated of the carnivorous plants. Its traps snap shut in a fraction of a second, imprisoning prey in a cage of teeth that line the edges of the ...

The reasoning behind these rules makes sense once you know the unique natural history of carnivorous plants. Although the most well-known carnivorous plant, the Venus flytrap, is native only to a ...

MORGANTON, N.C.,None — Most little boys grow up with a fascination for the supernatural, but one Burke County native took his passion to another level when he decided to stop reading about it and ...

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Scientists sequenced the genome of the East Asian pitcher plant, Nepenthes gracilis, a species of carnivorous plant related to Venus flytraps, as well as sundews, beets and spinach. Possessing more ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A new kind of greenery is taking root in the Triad, and it bites! Carnivorous Plants by Kenny Coogan, Winston-Salem’s largest carnivorous plant nursery, will make its debut at ...