In a new move to protect the state's iconic plant, Saguaro National Park plans to monitor cactus nurseries to prevent the buying and selling of stolen saguaros from the park. "It's a pretty big thing ...

Privacy advocates are feeling prickly over one Arizona town’s unusual traffic camera installation plan. Paradise Valley authorities are placing traffic cameras ...

PHOENIX -- Dozens of Arizona’s cactuses are being illegally dug up and sold across the world, with many of the plants ending up in Europe or Asia. “There seems to be an uptick in the rare cactus trade ...

Donna Ellis, right, points out a purple prickly pear cactus with its colorful hues in the cactus and succulent garden at her home in Vail, Ariz. Donna is a board member on the Tucson Cactus and ...

They look sturdy, even hostile, but cactus plants in the southwestern United States and Mexico are under attack. According to wildlife conservationists, cactuses are being dug up and smuggled away at ...

Arizona's iconic saguaro cacti are falling over and dying thanks to extreme heat in the state. The plants, although adapted to hot temperatures, rely on summer monsoon rains that haven't come. Phoenix ...

Over decades, the Poots have transformed a passion for cacti into a thriving family business. Though Poot’s Cactus Nursery approaches its 30th anniversary, Bill Poot’s passion for cacti began 49 years ...

(Scripps Howard)"I CONSIDER IT THE highest compliment when my employees go out and start their own companies in competition with me. I always send them a plant to wish them well. Of course, it's a ...