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EDF Renewables North America has announced the successful closing of finance for the Desert Quartzite Solar+Storage Project ...
The intense heat in recent Arizona summers is taking a toll on the smaller saguaro cactus. The survival of saguaro seedlings ...
Explores how plants and animals survive in one of Earth's harshest environments—deserts, where annual rainfall is less than ...
Explores the structure and function of green plants, focusing on their three main parts: roots, stems, and leaves. Roots anchor the plant and absorb water and minerals through root hairs. Stems ...
Arizona's iconic Saguaro cactus is dying off at an intense rate with the Desert Botanical Garden saying nearly 20% of their ...
Joe Davidson, the owner of Cactus Joe’s, a nursery located off Blue Diamond Road in the southwest Las Vegas valley, has been ...
A: There are two types of cacti – desert types and forest types. Desert cacti are very hardy and thrive in full sun, low water, and good drainage. Christmas (and Easter) cacti are forest cacti and are ...
You can find the occasional festivity that pays admiring homage to these gorgeous growers, the remarkable botanical life that ...
On the terraces just above San Onofre State Beach, you can usually see springtime monkey-flower blossoms in various shades of yellow, orange, and red. The Black Oak, San Diego County’s most handsome ...
Local volunteer Mauricio Gonzalez describes how poachers in Chile's Atacama Desert can wipe out entire species: "Sometimes the volunteers hide their favorite plants under rock slates to conceal them ...
That’s also a first. What’s not a first? Four No. 1 seeds running strong into the NCAA Tournament’s second week. Nearly 40% of the Final Four spots have been claimed by No. 1 seeds in the ...