1/3 of cactus population facing extinction The study evaluated 1,478 species and determined that 31 percent are endangered due to factors such as the conversion of wilderness areas to farming and ...

Flowers are the start of producing the seeds that would eventually become saguaros, so the more flowers you produce could be ...

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 ...

Germinating and growing time-lapse of a pitahaya cactus from a store-bought dragon fruit. We first extracted dragon fruit's seeds and soaked them in water for 12 days. Then, we picked one seedling to ...

Our region’s cacti are adapted to dry, hot conditions and thrive where many plants cannot. Cacti have lost their leaves and developed fleshy, photosynthetic stems containing water-storing pulp. Cactus ...

Top national security officials for President Donald Trump, including his defense secretary, texted war plans for upcoming military strikes in Yemen to a group chat in a secure messaging app that ...

LAIKIPIA, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Armed with rakes, hoes and machetes, a group of ranchers hacked at the spiky cactus plants sprouting all over their land, chopping them into pieces and ...

In an industry flooded with buzzwords and fast-fading fads, only a handful of ingredients rise to the top through a mix of ...

Prickly pear seed oil, which comes from the seeds of the prickly pear cactus, is becoming a rage in the beauty world because of its amazing properties ...

Men on the communally-managed Makurian Group Ranch in Kenya's Rift Valley load a prickly pear cactus they have chopped down into put in a wheelbarrow in Laikipia County, Kenya, July 31, 2019. Thomson ...