Carnivorous plants are a fascinating part of the natural world, especially species like the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) that rely on what is effectively a spring-loaded trap to ensnare ...

In this video, a Venus flytrap is tested against a black widow spider to determine the outcome of their encounter. The video ...

What has no brain, no nervous system, and not even nerves, yet acts as if it has reflexes? The answer is a Venus fly trap. This famous carnivorous plant captures insects and other small animals – and ...

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 ...

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The science pros at The King of Random create a fruit fly trap that works almost instantly. China has ‘not bought a bushel’ of soybeans from U.S. farmers this year. What happens to the crop now? Jimmy ...

Texas and the U.S. are both on high alert over the presence of the new world screwworm, the flesh-eating fly that has historically caused havoc on the nation's cattle supply. Days after a case of the ...

The highly intelligent cephalopods filled fishing nets and gobbled up crabs and lobsters in Devon and Cornwall this summer. The highly intelligent cephalopods filled fishing nets and gobbled up crabs ...

Mexican agricultural authorities have detected a new case of New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, about 70 miles south of the U.S.-Mexico border near Laredo, Texas. Arizona's agricultural ...

A New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, was discovered just south of the Texas border, raising alarms among cattle growers and ag officials. The fly lays eggs in cattle and other warm-blooded ...