We all know cacti store water—but to survive, they migrate their flowers, and so much more. Scientists want to copy the resilient plants' methods to help engineer our future.

Every rose has its thorns, and other common plants like rice ... spiny species more accessible in grocery stores. For example ...

The vast plains in the interior of Mexico is the home of the maguey, and the plant with its thorny leaves imparts ... and westward to the Colorado desert, at an elevation of five thousand to ...

Learn why walking across the desert is “no sweat” for an Arabian camel. See how these iconic creatures survive in their hot, sandy world.

Saguaro National Park staff refer to it as the archenemy of the Sonoran Desert. Buffelgrass is an invasive weed that poses a double threat to saguaros and other native plants. First, it competes with ...

As any avid gardener will tell you, plants with sharp thorns and prickles can leave you ... In addition to eggplants, we got ...

The largest desert on Earth! Wow! It looks like it hardly ever rains here. Incredibly, there are still plants growing here. Like this acacia tree. It has long thorns that hold water. Plus very ...

Scattered throughout the Sonoran Desert are decaying possessions from migrants [Brian ... The terrain is rocky, uneven and ...

“There is, even now, something of ill-omen amongst us. I mean the increasing disregard for law which pervades the country; ...

Many have seen scraggly desiccated corpses of prickly pear cacti while out on a hike or pruning fence lines, but these ...

The Portland Thorns proved me wrong. I wasn’t especially optimistic about the team going into Friday’s match against the Orlando Pride. And I wasn’t alone. “I kind of don’t like to say ...