Peyote is one of the most unusual plants in the world, a tiny desert cactus that protects itself using powerful psychoactive ...

The Tobusch fishhook cactus has a fancy new name and an encouraging new status, as a partial success story for the Endangered Species Act. The Tobusch fishhook cactus has a fancy new name and an ...

AUSTIN, Texas— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today changed the designation of the central Texas Tobusch fishhook cactus from “endangered” to the less-dire “threatened.” The change reflects the ...

A small, little-known cactus found in Organ Pipe National Monument west of Tucson faces a "high and immediate" threat of extinction, says the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in proposing to protect it ...

Around this time every year, the desert landscape of just a few areas of Colorado is dotted with the vibrant pink blossoms of the Colorado hookless cactus. This tiny cactus is a rare plant species ...

Smart gardeners in West Hawaii are installing some drought tolerant plants in their landscapes. Of course, one of the most drought tolerant groups of plants are those that can thrive in the desert. We ...

The largest genus in the cactus family (Cactaceae) is Mammillaria, and a very recognizable member is the twin spined cactus (Mammillaria geminispina). This small cactus has tiny tubercles (rounded ...

The solution for cleaning up the next big oil spill could come from an unlikely place: the desert. Scientists at the University of South Florida are studying whether powdered cactus can replace the ...