Not all plants need regular watering - an expert shares five flowers that are highly drought-resistant and which will ...

Cacti are perhaps the best-known desert plants. They have thick stems that store water, and sparse leaves that minimize evaporation. Some cacti, such as the saguaro, can grow to be over 20 feet tall.

Some plant species have evolved a water-saving trait called Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM). CAM plants like most Tillandsia species—the most species-rich genus in the pineapple family ...

Some plant species have evolved a water-saving trait called Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM). CAM plants like most Tillandsia species -- the most species-rich genus in the pineapple family ...

Plants adapt in many ways so that they survive in ... Adaptations include the ability to survive in dry conditions, fast flowing water and even salt water. Just like you probably have a winter ...

Aquatic plants are often grown commercially outside water due to ease. When you first plant them in a fish tank, they need to adapt to underwater life. The plant’s leaves will die off (melt!) ...

Urban habitats are very different from natural habitats and pose new challenges for animals and plants. Until now ... exposed animals from both water bodies to a range of stressors under ...

Plants adapt genetically over time to the special conditions of organic ... developed gene variants that were less sensitive to a nutrient deficit or lack of water – i.e., alleles that influenced the ...

Smaller carnivorous plants specialise in single-celled organisms (such as bacteria and protozoa) and aquatic examples also eat crustaceans, mosquito larvae and small fish. Carnivory is such an ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- As Houston grows, we got an up-close look at a plant where drinking water is created and what's being done to adapt to a growing population and severe weather events.