Scientists discover that fast-changing cactus flowers, not size or pollinators, are behind the rapid evolution of new cactus species.

The cactus on your windowsill may grow slowly, but new research shows that cacti are surprisingly fast at creating new ...

My colleague and I have published a new study of cactus flowers which may help explain the conundrum. For more than a century ...

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Rather than being static and unchanging, deserts may be centres of rapid evolutionary activity, with cacti diversifying over ...

SILVER CITY, N.M.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today changed the designation of a rare New Mexico cactus from “endangered” to the less-dire “threatened,” reflecting its progress toward recovery ...

A team of researchers affiliated with multiple entities in the U.S. and the U.K. has found that the number of cactus species at risk of extinction is likely to increase this century as a result of ...