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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A rare species of tree cactus has gone extinct in Florida, in what is believed to be the first species lost to sea level rise in the United States, researchers said Tuesday.

Steve Blackwell, the Conservation Collections Manager, oversees the collection of rare and endangered plants, seed bank, and ...