The Latest Breaking News from Venus

Tommy Lamb fell in love with Snapper, the Venus flytrap character, in the retailer’s Christmas advert.

These fascinating houseplants can be propagated via cuttings, division, or seed – here's how to try it at home

I revere art as much as the next person but if I get more angry at the protesters than their cause I need to reevaluate

Scientists found atomic oxygen buried between two dominant currents in the hellish planet's atmosphere.

As well as a rare lunar occultation, stargazers can catch the Leonid and Taurid meteor showers in the coming weeks

Some fans were ‘dissatisfied’ with Snapper the Venus flytrap, while others said it provided a much needed ‘laugh’

How did our species, Homo sapiens, arrive in Western Europe? Published in Nature Ecology Evolution, our new study analyses two skull fragments dating back between 37,000 and 36,000 years to conclude that our ancestors came from Eastern Europe and migrated westwards. These two individuals interbred with Neanderthals and with the very…

At last, John Lewis has stopped trying to make us blub – and decided to show us a 20ft Venus flytrap showering a horrified family with regurgitated headphones. This is progress

This year's advert features an original song performed by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli