A fly inside the Venus flytrap at David Fefferman's home nursery in Mission Viejo. Fefferman is one of the largest collectors and growers of carnivorous plants in Southern California. (Dania Maxwell / ...

Carnivorous plants have fed our imaginations since the dawn of our time. Charles Darwin called the most popular variety, the Venus flytrap, the “most wonderful plant on earth.” Even the film 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 ...

It is easy to feel sorry for the small bugs that end up as lunch for hunters like the Cape sundew, Venus flytraps, and ...

If you're looking for a unique new houseplant or a conversation piece for your indoor garden, you might want to consider pitcher plants. These carnivorous beauties stand out among the rest of your ...

Thousands of Venus flytraps and other carnivorous plants are growing at a new Hartland Township nursery. Killer Plant Co. started as an online business and opened a new brick-and-mortar store late ...

Carnivorous plants consume other living creatures for their food. Learn facts about growing Venus flytraps, pitcher plants and more.

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 ...

Carnivorous plants aren’t a product of nightmares so much as they are a product of evolution. When plants growing in bogs and other wetlands couldn’t find enough nutrients in the soil around them, ...

It was over 5,000 years ago that the ancient Egyptians started bringing plants — most likely ferns and palm trees — indoors in containers to beautify their homes. The notoriously plant-passionate ...

On Saturday, July 14 from 12:30-4:30 p.m., the Certificate in Native Plant Studies series hosted by Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens will explore the world of carnivorous plants. Troy Alexander ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Many people have a gleeful fascination with carnivorous plants, be that a Venus flytrap, pitcher plant, monkey cup or sundew. There’s something mysterious ...