Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Venus fly trap (Dionaea muscipula) captivates with its clever approach to survival, thriving in the coastal wetlands of North ...

In the United States, Venus fly traps are only native to North and South Carolina. The root of this prey-catching technique is a chemical ion channel named DmMSL10 that surrounds the base of a Venus ...

In this video, I hatched 1,000 flies and placed them in a container with 50 Venus flytrap plants. Will the large number of flies trick the Venus flytraps into closing, or will the flies simply die?