Discover the fascinating world of desert plants and the remarkable adaptations that help them survive extreme heat, scarce ...

Researchers from the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Paleoenvironment (SHEP) at the University of Tübingen and the Senckenberg Natural History Museum in Görlitz have studied the role of the ...

A unique desert plant is on display again at Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam after fourteen years, housed in a new cabinet with ...

The African Plant Database lists 65,000 species of flowering plants, ferns and conifers found on the African continent and Madagascar. Since 2006, every plant species ever documented in Africa and ...

Far from being barren wastelands, deserts are biologically rich habitats with a vast array of animals and plants that have adapted to the harsh conditions there. Some deserts are among the planet's ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Succulents endemic to South Africa and Namibia are drying up and dying across the increasingly hot northern part of their range. Mongabay ...

Nairobi - Stopping Africa's deserts from creeping further into fertile land is the aim of a 50-million-dollar project launched on Monday by the United Nations. The UN Global Environment Facility ...

In desert ecosystems, plant species coexist by growing and flowering at different times, cued by rainfall and other triggers. This diversity strengthens community stability. The invasive Sahara ...

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The beautiful Periploca angustifolia flower of Algeria is one of over 65,000 plants recorded in the African Plant Database. Courtesy Cyrille Chatelain The African Plant Database lists 65,000 species ...