Saguaros are more than an icon of the desert. They are a tool to fight global warming. It’s not fantasy. It’s science. Cacti are carbon-eating machines. That gives Arizona an opportunity to build a ...

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Plants, cacti and all kinds of big, small, colourful and green succulents are coming to fill a Nicosia park this May. The 17th Annual Exhibition of the Cyprus Cactus and other Succulents Society ...

This summer’s extreme heat endangers cacti in Arizona suffering from dehydration and heat stress. When dehydrated, saguaro cacti lose strength, and can drop an arm or completely topple over. The ...

Arizona's iconic saguaro cacti are falling over and dying thanks to extreme heat in the state. The plants, although adapted to hot temperatures, rely on summer monsoon rains that haven't come. Phoenix ...

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 International ...

From feeding wildlife to restoring soils, prickly pear cacti are more than just desert survivors—they’re ecological powerhouses. New research and conservation tools are helping protect these resilient ...

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With their tough skins, pointy armor and legendary stamina, cacti are made to defend themselves from whatever nature throws at them. But large solar energy facilities are one threat that cacti weren’t ...

The beans of Theobroma cacao are used to make chocolate and other products, but these plants are threatened by increased drought associated with climate change. Researchers identified microbes in ...

DENVER (CBS4) - A German cactus collector arrested at Denver International Airport faces charges for taking more than just photos of the prickly plant. U.S. Fish and Wildlife officers arrested Simon ...

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