Like any proper diva, the Queen of the Night makes her adoring fans wait until she’s good and ready. And like any marquee performance, the cactus blooms for one night only. Expert analysis has ...

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 ...

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Desert Botanical Garden serves as national rescue center for rare and endangered cacti Steve Blackwell, the Conservation Collections Manager, oversees the collection of rare and endangered plants, ...

From a sprawling botanical museum in Arizona to a cliffside succulent sanctuary in France, these gardens prove the desert is ...

A rare tree cactus that grew for decades hidden by a tangle of mangrove trees on Florida's Key Largo has lost its battle with rising sea levels and other pressures. It's now considered locally extinct ...