Saguaro cactuses are Arizona's towering icons. However, only one holds the record for being the tallest ever measured. Here's ...

I must have an affinity for plants that want to hurt me. I love Oleanders and talk about them to anyone who will listen, but people always come back with, ...

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The dire wolf stood about 3½ feet tall and could be even longer than 6 ... create two dire wolf genomes to compare with other canid species including coyotes, jackals, dholes and, of course ...

Joe Davidson, the owner of Cactus Joe’s, a nursery located off Blue Diamond Road in the southwest Las Vegas valley, has been creating an oasis for desert plants and wildlife for decades.

Monarch butterflies require milkweed plants as egg-laying sites ... My favorite seed varieties are California and Cactus. They are tall and colorful. If you let the hybrid Dreamland drop its ...

Several species in the Euphorbia genus could work if you want a fast-growing succulent. The pencil cactus is named this way because its abundant branches are pencil thin. Its 'Firesticks' cultivar ...