University of Cincinnati student Olivia Leek is showing me a small, prickly plant in a plastic bag. "My favorite specimen is just kind of silly; doesn't really have a deep backstory to it," she ...

ROME (AP) — Armed with a search warrant, Italy’s police wildlife unit entered the house of a suspected cactus trafficker, finding over 1,000 rare cacti poached from Chile's Atacama Desert in a locked ...

As out-of-control heat cooks our planet, shattering temperature records for the last 13 consecutive months, it melts polar ice and raises sea levels. Most people are familiar with how this works, but ...

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 ...

Over decades, the Poots have transformed a passion for cacti into a thriving family business. Though Poot’s Cactus Nursery approaches its 30th anniversary, Bill Poot’s passion for cacti began 49 years ...

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 12 -- When German smugglers landed in Amsterdam hauling suitcases of contraband destined for their underworld contacts, Dutch customs officials were one step ahead of them. The ...

Celebrate National Cactus Day by meeting the pioneering botanist, Joseph Nelson Rose Jack Tamisiea As the largest species of cactus in the United States, saguaro cactuses usually grow around 40 feet ...

Armed with a search warrant, Italy’s police wildlife unit entered the house of a suspected cactus trafficker, finding over 1,000 rare cacti poached from Chile's Atacama Desert in a locked room. This ...