The University of Arizona’s Data Diversity Lab gives researchers a new way to picture the future of life on Earth. By blending ecology, evolution and advanced data science, the lab creates tools aimed ...

An American desert icon is dying off in the southwestern United States. Experts say record-setting summers and intense droughts in Arizona are causing a well-known succulent to struggle. The saguaro ...

The desert prickly-pear, known to botanists as Opuntia phaeacantha, is the Southwest's most widespread and abundant species of cactus. Unlike the giant saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) that is restricted ...

Learn the five signs of an overwatered Christmas cactus, how to save it from root rot, and how to water correctly to prevent ...

As gardening expert Adrian Aviles of Athletic Club Flower Shop explains, “A healthy Christmas cactus can stay green for years ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

These members of the genus Schulumbergea are endemic to a very small habitat along the southeast coast of Brazil. They grow in a series of coastal mountain ranges highly influenced by the proximity of ...

One of the easiest ways to compare the differences between the various types of cacti and to learn how plants survive on steep, rocky slopes is on the Cactus Loop Trail. A nature-trail guide, ...

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 ...