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Sea level rise causes local extinction of rare cactus, an omen for conservation efforts

As out-of-control heat cooks our planet, shattering temperature records for the last 13 consecutive months, it melts polar ice and raises sea levels. Most people are familiar with how this works, but ...
NBC Washington

Rare Poached Cacti Found in Italy Sent Home to Native Chile

Armed with a search warrant, Italy’s police wildlife unit entered the house of a suspected cactus trafficker, finding over 1,000 rare cacti poached from Chile's Atacama Desert in a locked room. This ...
Yahoo

A troubling first: Rising seas blamed for disappearance of rare cactus in Florida

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A troubling first: Rising seas blamed for disappearance of rare cactus in Florida A rare tree cactus that grew for decades hidden ...
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This rare Texas cactus blooms for just one night each year. Here’s when to catch it

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Peniocereus greggii is a cactus species native to Arizona, New Mexico, Texas; and Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Sonora, and ...
Sarasota Herald-Tribune

One night only: Rare cactus completes yearly bloom at Selby Gardens

Like any proper diva, the Queen of the Night makes her adoring fans wait until she’s good and ready. And like any marquee performance, the cactus blooms for one night only. Expert analysis has ...
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24 rare succulents that look too strange to be real

Discover 24 of the most rare and unusual succulents that look almost too strange to be real. In this video, we explore a stunning collection of unique succulent plants including rare cactus varieties, ...
New York Post

Secretive group spends thousands of hours hunting Sonoran Desert for rare cactus in Arizona

A clandestine group has spent thousands of hours searching the Sonoran Desert for massive rare cactuses endangered by the expansion of Arizona cities. The Crested Saguaro Society began searching the ...
The Durango Herald

Rare Colorado cactus blooms off the endangered list with help from Denver Botanic Gardens

The Colorado hookless cactus has far more specimens in the wild, and a better drought survival record, than previously thought It took two years from proposal to acceptance. But apparently the ...
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Cactus poachers are picking the Texas desert clean of rare species

Michael Eason sat at his desk scrolling through cactus listings on eBay. Eason — a botanist in Alpine, Texas — was looking for something called the Ariocarpus fissuratus. Squat, furrowed and fleeced ...
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Why a Texas hiker found a rare cactus and kept its location secret

While hiking near Big Bend Ranch State Park's Contrabando Trail, something Michael Alvard had never seen before caught his eye. An anthropologist, Alvard was on the hunt for lithics-stone tools and ...
Austin American-Statesman

This rare Texas cactus blooms for just one night each year. Here’s when to catch it

A little-known desert cactus found in parts of Texas puts on one of the state’s most fleeting natural displays — blooming for just a single night before disappearing again by sunrise. Known as the ...