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

Over the last five years, people have noticed saguaros dying off. The Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden reports that its collection of around 1,000 cacti has been reduced to nearly 800. "But it's ...

The best succulents for the home. If prickly, desert-bound cacti come to mind when you think of succulents, think again! There are more than 10,000 types of succulents around the world, according ...

Joe Davidson, the owner of Cactus Joe’s, a nursery located off Blue Diamond Road in the southwest Las Vegas valley, has been creating an oasis for desert plants and wildlife for decades.

Deserts: Cacti, Bees and the Sonoran Desert. Special | 6m 23s Video has Closed Captions | CC. The Saguaro National Park is found in the Sonoran Desert. This Park is home to the largest species of ...

A group of cacti species native to a remote Chilean desert has been poached to near extinction, thanks in part to social media crazes continents away. According to a new report from the ...

The Sonoran Desert ecosystem is “only” about 10,000 years old, meaning it’s inherently unstable, Lata adds, with a blend of species still sorting out hierarchy and patterns. Some are adapted ...

The saguaro and another cactus species (the cardón, native to northwest Mexico) both claimed the world record, as they can live for more than 200 years and even perhaps up to 300 years old, the ...

Many species live in only a few square kilometers. And in the driest reaches of the desert, cacti depend on fog alone for water. But the desert is getting hotter and drier, ...

“I think storytelling is part of the appeal,” says Christian Cummings, 43, a partner in the Cactus Store with Carlos Morera, 38, and Max Martin, 36, who founded the business with the architect ...