A Texas hiker who stumbles on a once-in-a-lifetime rare cactus in the desert is not just finding a botanical curiosity, but ...
While hiking near Big Bend Ranch State Park's Contrabando Trail, something Michael Alvard had never seen before caught his ...
CapeNature, the Western Cape agency tasked with protecting its nature reserves, is confronting two threats: destructive ...
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 Karoo desert is a biodiversity hotspot spanning South Africa and Namibia, and contains many rare succulent plants. This endangered flora is being poached to meet international demand. The illegal ...