Learn the best way to care for Venus flytrap, a fascinating carnivorous plant you can grow indoors or out. Reviewed by Sylvia Duax Venus flytrap care (Dionaea muscipula) is comparable to pet ownership ...

When my Florida plant-geek industry friends learned that I was moving to Wilmington, N.C., they knew of the place not as home of the Azalea Festival, or the new residence of my kids/grandkids, but ...

Venus flytraps are carnivorous plants, and feed on live insects such as flies and spiders. While Venus flytraps can be grown indoors, they thrive outdoors in temperate climates. Venus flytraps prefer ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Venus flytraps only grow in the Carolinas, in an area of southeastern North Carolina ...

CONWAY — Venus flytraps don’t usually trap flies at all, Jim Luken, a botanist and retired biology professor, said. Flying insects are attracted to the plants’ flowers, which sit high above the iconic ...

Human beings and other animals send electrical signals via the central nervous system. The Venus flytrap, which lacks such a nervous system, also sends rapid electrical impulses, which are generated ...