Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Venus fly trap (Dionaea muscipula) captivates with its clever approach to survival, thriving in the coastal wetlands of North ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WNCN) — CBS 17 is getting a first look at a prototype for one of North Carolina’s new license plate designs. Damon Waitt looking at Venus flytraps at the NC Botanical Garden (Chloe ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. An iconic plant found in the Carolinas — and nowhere else in the world — needs our help ...

Our Venus' flytrap plant was about to bloom in this time lapse. This isn't something we typically see everyday, that's why we ...

The Endangered Species Act has been one of the country’s most valuable environmental tools, but it faces new threats. As the law turns 50, we’re asking whether this “pit bull” of an environmental law, ...

In 2011, a horticulturist named Mathias Maier stumbled across an unusual mutant of a Venus flytrap, a carnivorous plant that traps and feeds on insects. Scientists recently discovered that the typical ...

CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. — Park ranger Jesse Anderson leads dozens of people on a weekly hike in North Carolina to see some of the most unique living things in the world — plants that supplement the ...

As far as plants go, Venus flytraps are pretty hardcore. After attracting its prey with a fruity scent and trapping it inside its leaves, the flytrap slowly digests the insect for 5 to 12 days, ...

THE FOREST — Those of us who watched the old TV series "When Animals Attack!" were conditioned from a young age to assume any animal could attack you at any moment. I mean, if enough videotaped ...