With 7,000 lakes, Texas has more geography than you might realize. This man-made lake is the deepest in the state and perfect ...

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The holiday season is made more beautiful by the special plants that we use to decorate our homes. Poinsettias, Thanksgiving and Christmas cactuses and small, potted Christmas trees all play an ...

While trees, shrubs and other perennials have been shutting down as the days grow shorter, these same conditions trigger “short day” plants to bloom. ‘Tis the season for bright poinsettias and ...

Almost every grocery store or big box home store we walk into right now has a rack of what most people call Christmas cactus. But is it really a Christmas cactus or is it a Thanksgiving cactus? There ...

El Paso artist Christin Apodaca is acclaimed for her murals across the Borderland that celebrate the region’s natural beauty and culture. And while art lovers can see many of her massive works in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Under a tent shrouded in shade cloth at the Desert Botanical Garden, a place known for its showy cactus displays and wildflower ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For almost 25 years, Mike Cardwell has been studying rattlesnakes in the desert using radiotelemetry devices. With surgically ...

Saguaro cactuses tower over Arizona's desert landscape, each year inching higher and higher for hundreds of years as they watch time pass. While they can grow to unique heights, one cactus holds the ...

ASU's location in a sunny, desert environment makes the campus the perfect place for cactuses. Gabriella Zwall, a senior studying dietetics and a member of the Cultivate Downtown Gardening Club at ASU ...

That’s how Chris Valentin describes Yaquina Nursery, 10 miles east of Yachats in the Yachats River Valley. “You walk through the front door and as the door opens, you can see a little bit,” he said, ...

Various pines, firs and spruces add green to the outdoors in cold, gray December, and I welcome them. But I also study the landscape this time of year to search for rare surprises with colorful hues ...