The cacti arrive in buckets and cardboard boxes, in truck beds and plastic cups. Some are prickly green knobs smaller than a fist; others are saguaros a few feet tall—miniature versions of the ...

ASU's location in a sunny, desert environment makes the campus the perfect place for cactuses. Gabriella Zwall, a senior studying dietetics and a member of the Cultivate Downtown Gardening Club at ASU ...

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 ...

Read full article: This simple task can increase your comfort -- and save you money -- during the Florida heat wave PHOENIX – If you have ever been to Phoenix, Arizona, you’ve likely seen the saguaro ...

If you're one of the many people who are into succulents, then you know that they are a great plant to have around. They're beautiful, they don't take up much space, and they're relatively easy to ...

Justin Stewart, an ecologist with the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks, collects a sample of soil containing mycorrhizal fungi taken at Saguaro National Park. Credit: Wyatt ...

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 ...

In the Sonora Desert in Arizona, the saguaro cacti grow tall and live long. One cactus known to locals as "Strong-Arm" stood more than 40 feet high and had 34 arms. Strong-Arm lived an estimated 150 ...

A new study shows that demand for wild cactus and rare plants many soon surpass supply in the Chihuahuan Desert of Mexico and the US. Gland, Switzerland – Demand for wild cactus and rare plants by ...

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 ...