Joe Davidson, the owner of Cactus Joe’s, a nursery located off Blue Diamond Road in the southwest Las Vegas valley, has been ...

She spent two decades seeking to protect the area from cactus poachers ... climate change.” The plant’s loss could mean the collapse of the Mojave’s high-desert ecosystem.

Other plants, such as cacti, have special means of storing ... solar energy has also created some tensions for desert habitats. In the Mojave, the 2013 arrival of the Ivanpah solar thermal plant ...

they’re often the largest plants on the landscapes in which they grow. They’re culturally prominent as a symbol of the Mojave ...

HABITAT: The desert tortoise lives in valleys, flat areas, and dry alluvial fans and washes. In the Mojave and Colorado ... dry grass stems and cactus pads are main sources of sustenance. Tortoises ...

David standing in the centre of a Creoste Bush, Mojave desert, USA Photographer ... delight in interacting with plants. He shoved a gloved hand at a Cholla cactus to demonstrate its vicious ...