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

While cacti are striking and structural plants, they are not a good plant option if you have children or inquisitive pets.

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 ...

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 ...

Over the last five years, researchers have found that the death rate for saguaros in the Phoenix area jumped from 1% to 2% ...

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.

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 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 ...

Athena, better known as "Cactus Kelly," is a long-time lover of nature. “My dad gave me a book when I was 9 years old about ethnobotany to learn how to use the plant,” said Athena.