Same Tools, Different Boxes As life's diversity demonstrates, nature has a pretty large toolbox for designing adaptations. While in many ways an efficient builder, it often reuses blueprints, even if ...

They can survive in these regions because of common cacti adaptations, whereby water is stored in thick stems, allowing the plant to go for long periods relying only on water reserves.

The Missouri Botanical Garden opens its Shoenberg Arid House on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. It will be the first time the garden’s extensive collection of arid plants — cacti and other succulents ...