Twenty years ago, researchers saw what they called a "mystery mollusc." Now, they've finally described it in detail... but they're keeping the name.

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.

The root of this prey-catching technique is a chemical ion channel named DmMSL10 that surrounds the base of a Venus fly trap’s sensory hairs. This membrane allows chemicals to pass through and is the ...

Watch a carnivorous Venus flytrap growing and eating before your eyes in this time-lapse. A dormant flytrap was planted into ...

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Dedicated to Bebe and Louis Barron who created the soundtrack to the 1954 sci-fi classic “FORBIDDEN PLANET”and are credited with creating the first electronic music to be recorded in the USA. Venus ...

Plants lack nerves, yet they can sensitively detect touch from other organisms. In the Venus flytrap, highly sensitive ...

For years, farmers across India have struggled to protect mango, guava, sapota, and other citrus crops from the attack of fruit flies. Now, after three years of research and trials, scientists at the ...

Venus flytraps are carnivorous plants, so in addition to the right watering schedule, you should supplement their nutrition ...

In the annals of horror-villain lore, Freddy and Jason ruled the 1980s, Ghostface and Chucky owned the 1990s, but the 2000s saw the coming of arguably the most devious killer of them all: Jigsaw. More ...

Not the Hokball variety of forwards enjoying their own work, but grainy behind the goals footage of the Pies defenders fist pumping and hi-fiving their work, sometimes when the Sherrin is 150m away.