Deserts often look empty and lifeless, with dry land, strong sun, and very little water. Still, people have lived in these regions for centuries, which means food has always existed there in some form ...
A group of cacti species native to a remote Chilean desert has been poached to near extinction, thanks in part to social media crazes continents away. According to a new report from the International ...
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Earth’s toughest heat plant was hiding right in plain sight
In one of the hottest places on the planet, a modest desert shrub has quietly rewritten what scientists thought plants could survive. The discovery of the most heat-tolerant plant yet found on Earth ...
Nurtured by Nature, The Mysterious Crested Saguaro, Restoring the Flora, Desert Willow. This week on a special desert plants episode of Arizona Illustrated…how a “nature nerd” turned his passion into ...
In desert ecosystems, plant species coexist by growing and flowering at different times, cued by rainfall and other triggers. This diversity strengthens community stability. The invasive Sahara ...
In Argentina’s Neuquén province, local laws require that when oil companies decommission a drilling site in the Monte Desert, they dig furrows across the site to promote plant growth, a form of ...
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