The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Cousins Tanisha Tucker Lohse and Maria Francisco set off from their desert camp around dawn on most ...

Mycorrhizal fungi are vital to ecosystems around the world, but remain largely understudied, especially in arid regions. They ...

Hookless cactus seeds must be chipped in order to begin indoor propagation, breaking through some of the evolutionary barriers made for drought survival. Researchers dread this part of the job ...

It took two years from proposal to acceptance. But apparently the Colorado hookless cactus is hardy fauna by nature, and so the delay in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service bureaucracy was not a ...

DENVER — After nearly 50 years of being considered a threatened species, a Colorado cactus was removed from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants — a result of conservation ...

Updated on May 22, 2025, by Somiya Adrees: This guide now includes the latest ways to get seeds in Grow a Garden. The full crop list has also been updated to showcase every plant added to the game ...

Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl. Image via Openverse. Perhaps no bird better illustrates the conservation importance of the cactus forest than the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum ...

"It will never go away because there are still cactus plants there and it's just so invasive." Wheel cactus is just one of several varieties of exotic cactus that thrive in Australian conditions.

The investigation traces back to February 2020, when police stumbled upon a hidden cache of rare cacti while executing a routine operation. This unexpected discovery unveiled a sophisticated network ...

In 2013, customs at Milano Malpensa Airport intercepted an unusual shipment of 143 cactus plants with visibly suspicious forged phytosanitary documents directed straight to his house in Senigallia ...

Succulents are most often propagated using cuttings. However, you may want to add a rare plant to your collection that's ...