HENDERSON, Nev. (KVVU/Gray News) - An unusual series of thefts has hit a Las Vegas community. Residents say thieves have been digging up cactuses in the Cadence neighborhood in Henderson. They ...

A rare tree cactus that grew for decades hidden by a tangle of mangrove trees on Florida's Key Largo has lost its battle with rising sea levels and other pressures. It's now considered locally extinct ...

The Key Largo tree cactus (Pilosocereus millspaughii) was first identified in an isolated mangrove forest in 1992. It is native to the Bahamas, Haiti, and South Florida. But it doesn't grow naturally ...

Low-lying coastal areas like the Florida Keys, which are only a few feet above sea level to begin with, are particularly vulnerable to climate change-induced sea-level rise. A new study details the ...

The population of the Key Largo tree cactus has been wiped from the Florida Keys. While scientists are now working on a potential restoration, more species will likely see similar fates as climate ...

South Florida may have seen the first documented local extinction related to climate change in the U.S. A recent study found that the last patch of Key Largo tree cactus declined and died out as sea ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - One year ago, a massive pine tree crashed through the roof of Eli Sittig’s home as tornadoes tore through Tallahassee. “Everything turned dark, really dark,” he said. “The ...