"venus flytrap"

A Remote-Controlled Carnivorous Plant?

Researchers design an artificial neuron that can trigger closure of a Venus flytrap.

June 30, 2022 — Karen Hopkin

Venus Flytraps Risk Extinction in the Wild at the Hands of Poachers

Earlier this month four men were arrested for poaching on the Holly Shelter Game Land preserve in North Carolina. Their arrest made national headlines, and history, as they became the first people charged with a felony for stealing Venus flytrap plants (Dionaea muscipula) from the wild...

January 22, 2015 — John R. Platt

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