A saguaro cactus typically has one arm when it is between 50 and 75 years old. As the cactus continues to grow, it will produce more arms. A saguaro cactus with 10 arms is approximately 150 years old.

On Friday, the three men were charged with stealing more than $600,000 worth of wild succulents from public lands and attempting to smuggle them into Asia, where a lucrative black market for the ...

On Friday, the three men were charged with stealing more than $600,000 worth of wild succulents from public lands and attempting to smuggle them into Asia, where a lucrative black market for the ...

One study says that wild-harvested succulents have an especially high prestige in Asia, owing to the difficulty of the harvest and their assumed rarity. And, sometimes, that rarity isn’t assumed: It’s ...

Three men were charged after they attempted to export more than $600,000 worth of wild succulents, described by one expert as “tiny and cute” plants, that they poached from state parks in ...

A man was sentenced to two years in federal prison last week for attempting to export at least $150,000 worth of wild succulents that he poached from native habitats in Northern California state ...

Sure enough, inside the bag, Freeling found around fifty wild succulents. When asked why, Freeling says the man told him they were for his garden. "I said 'that's nonsense," recalled Freeling.

The Home You Own Bidding wars and $1,000 succulents: The wild world of rare houseplants. Serious collectors travel to auctions and sleuth online for unusual varieties — often made all the more ...

These tiny succulents are under siege from international crime rings. Demand for ornamental plants is ravaging South Africa’s rare desert flora—and fueling a nonstop duel between poachers and ...

China has become a major source of demand for wild succulents in the last few years, but an internet campaign there to educate people about the illegal succulent trade has seen some results.