The rapid decline of the species could signify a similar fate for other plants. A type of tropical cactus native to the Florida Keys has become the first species in U.S. history to become extinct ...

Interactive radar: South Florida weather coverage from WPBF 25 News Sign up for our Newsletters The Key Largo Tree Cactus is now the first U.S. species to become extinct due to rising sea levels ...

the herbarium collection manager at the Florida Museum of Natural History. Possley said there are tentative plans to plant some of the nursery-grown Key Largo tree cactus in the wild. She said ...

It’s the last place an incredibly rare species of tree called the Key Largo tree was seen alive ... which calls the Florida Keys home, shifted its population along with the rising tide.

Now scientists believe the Key Largo tree cactus, which grew in the Florida Keys, is the first plant of its kind to go extinct in the wild in the United States due in part to sea-level rise.

The population of the Key Largo tree cactus has been wiped from the Florida Keys. While scientists are now working on a potential restoration, more species will likely see similar fates as climate ...

South Florida may have seen the first documented local extinction related to climate change in the U.S. A recent study found that the last patch of Key Largo tree cactus declined and died out as ...

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