Tag: Venus flytrap
Claim: Honeybees, “Like Humans,” Can Tell Odd Vs. Even Numbers
Ants, fruit flies, and even plants can also calculate but it does not follow that they are conscious of what they are doing.
How Plants Talk When We’re Not Around
One genuine surprise in recent decades has been the discovery that plants have nervous systems like animals.
Lesson from a Carnivorous Plant
The aquatic bladderwort lacks the charm of a rose, a lily, cherry blossoms, or many other plants you can think of, but it has something else to recommend it.
Venus Flytrap Takes a Bite Out of Darwinism
The Venus flytrap, like all carnivorous plants, had no use for its insect-trapping function unless it also had an insect-digesting function. And vice versa.
The Lovable Venus Flytrap: A Design Analysis
A correspondent sends along this remarkable nature video from the BBC and asks a good question.