Environment
Strangely, the driest desert in the world, cacti can't live: Home to more than 1 million people!
In this desert, bacteria cannot live because the air is too dry. Yet, more than 1 million people still live there. Where is it?
Cacti
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Articles about Cacti
16 published items.
Biology
Kenya has a headache trying to deal with 'devil cactus'
The ability to take root from every part and layer of thorns makes Opuntia cacti a threat to people, cattle and wildlife.
Archeology
People use drugs from prehistoric times
According to a Spanish anthropology professor, humans use hallucinogens and opium poppies from the Stone Age.
Archeology
Finding bones of dragons in China
A fisherman has picked up from the bottom of a river flowing through the locality a fossil skeleton of a strange animal, but at first glance everyone must say that it is…
Biology
The unexpected thing about the deformed cactus, worth billions of dong
The deformed cactus, worth up to billions of VND, is a rare species of Haageocereus tenuis, expected to become extinct by 2024.
Biology
Unique self-dying cacti to continue to exist and spread throughout the desert
Unlike other types of cacti in the world that often grow vertically, Creeping Devil grows horizontally and lies on the ground.
Biology
Not only to ... eat, cacti can also produce clean energy
Green cactus with many spines is a symbolic tree and is an inseparable part of the life of Mexican people.
Biology
Fat in Vietnamese Nopal cactus seeds is higher than that of Germany
Scientists from Polytechnic University (VNU-HCM) and Hanoi Polytechnic University have taken seeds from red ripe fruits of Nopal cactus grown in Ninh Hai district, Ninh…
Biology
All cacti have leaves
Although most of the cacti appear to have no leaves on the surface, a new study confirms that all these thorny plants actually have microscopic leaves.
Scientific application
Techniques to plant and care for cacti
For a long time, cactus has become a popular ornamental plant because it is easy to grow and does not need too much care.
Environment
Human anti-drought weapons are here
Cactus, a species that often lives in arid deserts, may be the solution to the prolonged drought in California, USA.
Photo library
The spectacular beauty of the giant canyons
Blushing cacti in the high-rise earth towers and vertical rocks next to the winding river in the world-famous canyons, mostly in the United States.
Photo library
The most outstanding cosmic photos last week
Look back at the most beautiful and outstanding photos selected by National Geographic last week.
Videos
The way camels chew on prickly cacti
Camels can devour a spiny cactus full of spines thanks to the specially constructed part of the mouth.