Interest in having cacti as houseplants grew around the world — and so did cactus theft. From the American Southwest to South Africa, desert plants have been targets of plant poaching.

“Nobody wants a two-inch cactus needle to go through them.” Many ecosystems evolved to live with wildfire, but the Sonoran Desert is not one of them. Saguaros have no defense against ...

But the only secluded shady spots in the desert are often right next to a cholla cactus, so contact is inevitable! But even worse was the array of dislodged pads on or in the ground already ...

This easy (but dangerous) interpretive trail through the desert is hiding in plain sight at one of Southern California's most popular national parks.

The saguaro cactus is one of the most iconic plants of the American Southwest and can grow to be over 50 feet tall and live for hundreds of years. They are native to the Sonoran Desert and are ...

Climate change has made paramount the need to identify food crops that can grow in desert, with little water ... and Mexico for thousands of years, cactus is not routinely a food in most parts ...