That could mean trouble not just for people but for some plants ... a dozen locations across the Phoenix suburbs. “A lot of people are calling and saying their cactus is yellowing really ...

An American desert icon is dying off in the southwestern United States. Experts say record-setting summers and intense ...

At a botanical garden in Phoenix some cactuses can’t take the ... where temperatures are slightly lower but still surpassing 100 degrees, plant admirers like Erik Rakestraw aren’t seeing ...

Arizona’s iconic saguaros are struggling with extreme urban heat, which is causing illness, collapse, and fewer young cacti.

Plant physiologists at the Phoenix garden are studying how much ... because if water is left sitting around the base of the cactus, it can cause it to fall down. July was recorded as Arizona's ...

Vickers, who is known around Phoenix as the Cactus Doctor, would have to operate ... Pull out the flowers and irrigation pipe, and plant something native instead. Maybe some barrel cactuses.

Phoenix has had a record streak of 110-degree ... others cannot tolerate anything below freezing. If a cactus plant is exposed to temperatures that are too cold for its species, it can suffer ...

The Phoenix Zoo's resident Asian elephant is ... So far, they've planted 300 new Arizona hedgehog cactus plants in the wild and have a 90% success rate of keeping them alive.