Stacy Tornio has authored more than 15 books about animals, nature, and gardening. She is a master gardener and master naturalist. Also called angel’s wings or polka-dot cactus, this cute plant is ...

With almost a third of cacti species threatened with extinction, a new open-access database of cactus ecology and evolution could help scientists and conservationists save species from the brink.

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 ...

Cacti are a sort of succulent, but a succulent is not always a cactus. Find out more about this tropical plant and discover some amazing facts. Most plants get rid of litres of water every day, by a ...

In Arizona, even resilient cacti are falling over and dying thanks to the blistering heat that has taken hold of the state for the better part of the last month. Reuters reported on Tuesday that the ...