Succulents endemic to South Africa and Namibia are drying up and dying across the increasingly hot northern part of their range. Mongabay contributor Leonie Joubert reports that a combination of ...

Greedy collectors and rising temperatures are a dual threat that’s robbing South Africa of rare desert plant species. Matt Alderton is a journalist who covers climate and environment issues, renewable ...

If you're one of the many people who are into succulents, then you know that they are a great plant to have around. They're beautiful, they don't take up much space, and they're relatively easy to ...

Xeric trees and shrubs — including many of our plants originating from our Southwest deserts — seem like magic; give them an irrigation after a long dry period, they grow leaves again, and many flower ...

SANFORD, Maine — Ever eat a grub? You know, those pre-beetle worms that are always trying to kill your lawn. Cheeny Plante has eaten a grub. Quite a few of them, actually. Eating those larval pests is ...

Some plants in the desert grow very slowly. Others grow quite fast. The reason for this has to do with the conditions in the desert. How Do Plants Survive In a Desert? There is not much water ...

BOKI DIAWE, Senegal, July 28 (Reuters) - Every night Moussa Kamara works at his bakery preparing hundreds of loaves but at sunrise, instead of going home to sleep, he now starts a second back-breaking ...