Wildflowers are blooming in the Atacama Desert, an inhospitable stretch of land west of the Andes Mountains that normally ...

ATACAMA, Chile (Reuters) -In Chile's arid Atacama, the driest desert in the world, scientists are studying a small, resilient flower that could hold genetic clues to help crops withstand worsening ...

Plant scientists at a world-leading firm that grows date palms in the UK hope to turn an Indian desert green as they open a ...

A rare bloom in Chile’s Atacama Desert has briefly transformed one of the world’s driest places into a dazzling carpet of fuchsia-colored wildflowers. The arid region — considered the driest nonpolar ...

Something magical is happening in the barren landscape of the Atacama Desert in Chile, considered the driest place on our planet with annual precipitation that can only be measured at a fraction of an ...

A Nevada wildflower was declared endangered at the only place it's known to exist — on a high-desert ridge where a lithium mine is planned to help meet growing demand for electric car batteries, U.S.

The driest desert, now adorned with a breathtaking array of flowers, is a sight to behold. This unexpected transformation, sparked by the rare occurrence of rains in North Chile, has turned a portion ...

Experience the beauty of 5 different cactus flowers as they unfold in this time-lapse. Featured Cacti include: Pilosocereus Baumii 00:00 Gymnocalycium baldianum 00:31 Parodia Scopa 01:11 Rebutia Minus ...

EVERY CACTUS IS A POEM, and we don't simply mean the beautiful and ethereal names that have been bestowed upon so many of these sometimes prickly and always ravishing plants. The earthy hues, the ...

How many times do we say or hear, “But, it’s a dry heat?” Now that we are in the ‘hot spell’ of the desert valley, albeit for the next four months, we still want our landscape pots filled with flowers ...