NEW YORK (AP) — An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs, with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch its prey, scientists reported Wednesday. The parasitic wasp's abdomen boasts a ...

New research seems to bust a common hypothesis for how a Venus flytrap's trap begins to close, while supporting another.

Pity the poor fly that lands on a Venus flytrap. When the insect touches hair-like structures on this ​remarkable carnivorous ...

Experiments rule out osmotic water flow and identify rapid cell wall softening as the driving force in Dionaea muscipula ...

A Venus flytrap closes around a finger in a safe experiment, showing how the plant’s trap works.

Watch the incredible transformation of a Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) from seed to a thriving, insect-eating plant in this detailed time-lapse. Follow each stage of plant growth, from initial ...

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Plants lack nerves, yet they can sensitively detect touch from other organisms. In the Venus flytrap, highly sensitive sensory hairs act as tactile sensing organs; when touched twice in quick ...

This story originally appeared on Ars Technica, a trusted source for technology news, tech policy analysis, reviews, and more. Ars is owned by WIRED's parent company, Condé Nast. The Venus flytrap ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “The modified leaf traps crawling insects such as large ants and beetles, and less often, flying insects,” says Tony Avent, owner ...