What is a Venus fly trap? The Venus fly trap is a carnivorous plant that is native to North and South Carolina. The plant gets its name from its ability to trap and eat flies and other small insects.

We get a lot of press releases about photo contests, but this winning image from the Olympus BioScapes Imaging Competition (which I didn't even know existed) stood out for a few reasons: 1. The image ...

The evolutionary secrets of one of nature's marvels – the carnivorous bladderwort – have been uncovered by scientists. The aquatic plant has no recognisable roots and floats around, catching prey with ...

“Humped bladderwort” may sound like something from the imagination of J.K. Rowling, but in fact, it’s a real aquatic plant, found on all continents except Antarctica. It’s also carnivorous–which makes ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Great, wonderful, wacky things can come in small genomic packages. That’s one lesson to be learned from the carnivorous bladderwort, a plant whose tiny genome turns out to be a jewel ...

The common bladderwort (Utricularia macrorhiza) is much more than strange; its natural history is amazing. This is our only native carnivorous plant in Arizona and it thrives underwater in stagnant ...

The bladderwort vacuums in its food faster than the blink of an eye, using powerful suction to snatch its prey, which can be any suitably small creature unfortunate enough to get too close. A recently ...

MANILA, Philippines - Utricularia is a genus of more than 260species of herbs growing in the tropics worldwide, generally in watery or wet places. Some are submerged while others are terrestrial and ...

Here's an awesome photo of an awesome organism with an awesome name. And we couldn't resist. We get a lot of press releases about photo contests, but this winning image from the Olympus BioScapes ...