Over the last five years, researchers have found that the death rate for saguaros in the Phoenix area jumped from 1% to 2% ...

Succulents are some of the most popular houseplants because they come in all shapes, sizes, textures, and colors. Their ...

The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its thorn-covered small fruit ...

The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens.

This is a summary of “Bleak future for Karoo succulents as desert expands in South Africa” by Leonie Joubert. Banner image of quiver trees by Leonie Joubert for Mongabay.

He and his colleagues have been tracking an uptick in saguaro cactus mortality that began in 2020 — when the state was in the midst of a severe, yearslong megadrought — and has not let up.

Recent population surveys show continued decline in two desert-adapted succulent tree aloe species, with conservationists fearing for the state of an understudied third species.

Succulents endemic to South Africa and Namibia are drying up and dying across the increasingly hot ... it’s picked up by strong winds. And while desert-adapted plants are able to survive ...