The Lesser Antillean iguana is a Critically-Endangered species which has disappeared from much of its range across the ...

Critically endangered Lesser Antillean iguanas are the rise after Anguilla moved a population of the lizards to a deserted ...

Silence used to prevail in the forest of a private Caribbean islet until environmentalists transformed it into a love nest ...

A night of holiday-party drinking doesn't have to be painful the next morning, thanks to a common desert plant. The fruit of the prickly pear cactus is a lean, mean hangover-fighting machine. Grown in ...

Magnesium is essential to keeping your body functioning normally. The mineral plays a part in multiple systematic processes, ...

Fairyslipper and coral root orchids bloom on moist, north-facing slopes in the foothills. In March, we mistakenly wrote that yellow lady’s-slipper orchids occur in Boulder County. If anyone does know ...

But what exactly is prickly pear? AHAVA states that the cactus which produces fruit is native to the Dead Sea region and is beneficial to the skin for its anti-inflammatory and anti-aging properties.

News flash: If you’re new to succulents, beware the prickly pear. It is the one cactus that strikes fear into every desert gardener, and now the drought has made these cactuses available far and wide.

GREEN VALLEY — The acres of prickly pear at Arizona Cactus Ranch produce nectar and fruit spreads that owner Natalie Mc-Gee sells over the Internet and through markets around Arizona. But those ...

I didn't want to be a plant snob. So I told myself I at least appreciated some merits of the homely cactus. The prickly pear, after all, is a role model for water conservation. The flowers are pretty ...