Why a Texas hiker found a rare cactus and kept its location secret

While hiking near Big Bend Ranch State Park's Contrabando Trail, something Michael Alvard had never seen before caught his ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Why a Texas hiker hid the location of a once‑in‑a‑lifetime rare cactus

A Texas hiker who stumbles on a once-in-a-lifetime rare cactus in the desert is not just finding a botanical curiosity, but ...
The Aspen Times

Rare cacti disappear from Mesa County work site

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – Two rare cactus plants found at a western Colorado construction site have disappeared, and authorities aren’t sure what happened. The Colorado hookless cactus plants were ...
Yahoo

A troubling first: Rising seas blamed for disappearance of rare cactus in Florida

A rare tree cactus that grew for decades hidden by a tangle of mangrove trees on Florida's Key Largo has lost its battle with rising sea levels and other pressures. It's now considered locally extinct ...
Salon

Sea level rise causes local extinction of rare cactus, an omen for conservation efforts

As out-of-control heat cooks our planet, shattering temperature records for the last 13 consecutive months, it melts polar ice and raises sea levels. Most people are familiar with how this works, but ...