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Prickly but Unprotected: 18 Percent of Cactus Species at Risk

Nearly a fifth of the world’s cactus species are unprotected by the world’s national parks and other conservation areas, making them one of the most at-risk groups of species on the planet, a new stud... read more

A Booming Black Market Is Putting Many Cacti Species in Danger

Goettsch’s team found that 261 out of 1,438 cactus species are unprotected by preserves or conservation regulations—and as a group, they are even more at risk than mammals and birds. “Our results show ... read more

Scientists capture one of the world’s rarest big cats on film (photos)

except prickly males hunt alone and use dense vegetation as cover; instead of social hunting in open savannah, they depend on ambushing unsuspecting prey. Forgotten lions: shedding light on the fate o... read more

For Navajos, Desert ‘Tea’ Fosters Kinship With Heritage

Unlike the evergreen Camelia sinensis used in caffeinated black and green teas, greenthread is brewed from at least one species of Thelesperma.A member ... Mountain beeplant (aka Navajo spinach), pric... read more

WITHERED AND BURNED: Some Lessons from Texas

Don pulls at the handle and a three-foot long arc of fire incinerates a low, dense patch of prickly pear cactus. Burly six- to eight-inch spines ... and fiber from cotton production—that he feeds them ... read more

The list for Sept. 7-15

Ages 55 and up receive a 50 percent ... and other species hiding in the reeds. 7-9 a.m. Sept. 14. 209-1811. Prickly Pear Harvest Workshop — Roy P. Drachman-Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Road. Lea... read more

Time to reevaluate agriculture as Cape Town runs dry

They can survive even if they lose 90 percent of water. They also store water in their pads, providing up to 180 tons of water per 2.5 acres (the size of two football fields), enough to sustain five a... read more

A pox on antivaxxers

Yes, this is for real. The idea is to have what’s called a "Chicken pox party", where parents purposefully infect their kids with a disease that can put them at great health risk, because they so stro... read more

A third of cacti facing extinction: study

Paris (AFP) - Thirty-one percent of cacti, some 500 species, face extinction due to human encroachment, according to the first global assessment of the prickly plants, published Monday. The finding pl... read more

Saving the Galapagos, One Poison-Dropping Helicopter at a Time

"When you have an island endemic like this, you have 100 percent of the population that's at potential risk when ... Invasive species on the Galapagos are not a new problem. They've been wreaking havo... read more

Lions for sale: big game hunting combines with lion bone trade to threaten endangered cats

“To prevent that risk ... prickly males hunt alone and use dense vegetation as cover; instead of social hunting in open savannah, they depend on ambushing unsuspecting prey. Forgotten lions: shedding ... read more

New Tree Species Discovered—and Declared Extinct

It was soon identified as a member of theVepris genus, a group of 80 or so large tree species that range throughout the African continent and the islands of Madagascar and Zanzibar. Unfortunately, the ... read more