The Colorado hookless cactus has far more specimens in the wild, and a better drought survival record, than previously thought It took two years from proposal to acceptance. But apparently the ...

A rare moonflower cactus, which bloomed at Cambridge University's botanic garden for what is believed to be the first time in the U.K., closed for good this morning. The glasshouse team at the garden ...

For centuries, the wild grasslands and valleys of Minnesota were dotted with a type of cactus, spiky and round, that blooms every spring. It grows about ankle high, roughly the size of a softball, and ...

As out-of-control heat cooks our planet, shattering temperature records for the last 13 consecutive months, it melts polar ice and raises sea levels. Most people are familiar with how this works, but ...

A clandestine group has spent thousands of hours searching the Sonoran Desert for massive rare cactuses endangered by the expansion of Arizona cities. The Crested Saguaro Society began searching the ...

Florida biologists have a thorny problem on their hands. A rare plant, the semaphore cactus, is becoming even rarer, and a foreign moth is threatening to destroy the 13 plants that are left in the ...

The flower bloomed at Cambridge University's Botanic Garden for what is believed to be the first time in the UK. The flower bloomed at Cambridge University's Botanic Garden for what is believed to be ...

They look sturdy, even hostile, but cactus plants in the southwestern United States and Mexico are under attack. According to wildlife conservationists, cactuses are being dug up and smuggled away at ...

This photo shows two crested caracaras resting atop a crested saguaro in the Arizona desert, wildlife officials said. George Andrejko Arizona Game and Fish Department Two birds were spotted resting ...

India, with its diverse landscapes and rich biodiversity, is home to some of the world’s most remarkable botanical gardens. These green sanctuaries not only conserve rare and exotic plant species but ...