South Africa's succulents—small, fleshy, green plants sometimes shaped like roses or stars, and often found peeping out between rocks in dry areas—are sought after by an increasingly ...

The Succulent Karoo is the most biodiverse arid desert on the planet, with much of its wildlife found nowhere else on Earth. Conservationists are calling for action to research the region, and ...

Stephen McCabe, emeritus director of research at the UCSC Arboretum & Botanic Garden, has described two new species of rare succulents in the genus Dudleya.McCabe identified the new species after ...

It took two years from proposal to acceptance. But apparently the Colorado hookless cactus is hardy fauna by nature, and so ...

ENCINITAS, Calif. (KGTV) - Rare succulents grown along California's coastlines are under attack from poachers. Last week three South Korean nationals were charged with attempting to illegally ...

Millenials' obsession with plants may be fueling a succulent black market, The Telegraph reported. Foreign criminals are poaching endangered species and selling them illegally to plant collectors.

Which succulents are endangered, and why? The Johannesburg Succulent Society tell us which succulents are on this list. October 13, 2024. Neo Phashe Less than a minute.

Similarly, an American connected to Los Angeles-based plant seller Never Enough Cactus took the business’s name a bit too literally, absconding with 8,000 Conophytums from South Africa.

A troubling first: Rising seas blamed for disappearance of rare cactus in Florida Researchers in Florida say a rare cactus has become the nation's first local extinction due to sea level rise.

A woman who strapped nearly 1,000 succulents and endangered cacti to her body in an attempt to smuggle them into New Zealand has been sentenced to 100 hours of community work, the country’s ...

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