PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona's saguaro cacti, a symbol of the U.S. West, are leaning, losing arms and in some cases falling over during the state's record streak of extreme heat, a scientist said on ...

PHOENIX — The acuna cactus is a small and spherical succulent that grows pink colored flowers with green fruits in the Sonoran Desert. The cactus native to Arizona, though, is listed as endangered and ...

Between crested cactuses and the "four-arm flexing" cactus, Arizona's native flora can take some unusual shapes. Tucson even has the kissing cactus, which looks like a couple embracing. But the T-Rex ...

PHEONIX (CNN) — 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 ...

Arizona's pygmy-owl will once more be protected under the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Wednesday it would list the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl as a threatened ...

BATIMORE, Md. — Inside the plant shop B. Willow, owner Liz Vayda carefully tends to her livelihood. “Plants are the basis of life,” she said. Yet, they’re also the basis of something else: a lucrative ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Recent photos of toppled cacti in Arizona's sweltering heat have highlighted the struggle of native plants. Owner of Cultiva Landscaping Alfonso Chavez explains the challenges ...

TUCSON, Ariz.— Following multiple petitions and lawsuits by the Center for Biological Diversity and Defenders of Wildlife, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect cactus ...

Love is in the air in Arizona. Even the cactuses in the Valentine State, named for the day statehood was declared, would agree. Images of a cactus that looks like a couple kissing have been shared ...