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The iconic southwestern plants are made for desert conditions, but climate change means that there is such a thing as too much heat. Reading time 2 minutes Record-breaking heat in Arizona is killing ...

Under a tent shrouded in shade cloth at the Desert Botanical Garden, a place known for its showy cactus displays and wildflower blooms, sits a curious collection of inconspicuous plants that could be ...

Saguaro cactuses, those iconic, multi-armed pillars of green that stand as prickly monuments to life’s persistence in the harshest climates, may have finally met their match. The Associated Press ...

ASU's location in a sunny, desert environment makes the campus the perfect place for cactuses. Gabriella Zwall, a senior studying dietetics and a member of the Cultivate Downtown Gardening Club at ASU ...

It's so hot in Arizona's capital that not even the cactuses are surviving. Chief Science Officer Kimberlie McCue with the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix says this record-breaking stretch of heat ...

At a botanical garden in Phoenix some cactuses can’t take the heat. Record-high temperatures in Arizona, combined with a lack of seasonal monsoons, have caused saguaro cactuses at the Desert Botanical ...

President Teddy Roosevelt, the quintessential conservationist, said, "A grove of giant redwoods or sequoias should be kept just as we keep a great and beautiful cathedral.” While in Tucson, Arizona, ...

The Christmas cactus is one of the most beautiful plants we use to decorate for the holidays. And, yes, even though these plants don’t possess spines, they are true cactuses. With proper care, they ...