March 31, 2025 / 1:33 PM EDT / CBS/AFP An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs, with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch its prey, scientists reported Wednesday.

Scientists have discovered a extinct parasitic wasp with an abdomen that worked like a Venus flytrap inside a 99-million-year-old piece of amber.

This ancient ‘Venus fly-trap’ wasp used its butt to kill S. carybdis is named after a mythical Greek sea monster that ate unsuspecting sailors. Andrew Paul Mar 26, 2025 9:00 PM EDT ...

An ancient wasp may have used an odd structure at its rear end to capture insects and lay its eggs on or inside of them, according to a new study published Thursday in BMC Biology. Researchers ...

In 2016, Hedrich led the team of German scientists who discovered that the Venus flytrap could actually "count" the number of times something touches its hair-lined leaves—an ability that helps ...

The Venus flytrap is one of the world’s most iconic plants, partially in thanks to the 1986 cult classic Little Shop of Horrors. But while we all know Venus flytraps don’t eat people, few people know ...

The Venus flytrap attracts its prey with a pleasing fruity scent. When an insect lands on a leaf, it stimulates the highly sensitive trigger hairs that line the leaf. When the pressure becomes ...