attenuata), Octopus Agave (A. vilmoriniana), and Queen of White Thread Century Plant (A. schidigera). These plants typically lack spines. I have specimens of these plants in my garden, but none ...

Mink and Tim Sumner-Wilson bought the Agave cactus plant in 1968 It shot up to 16ft in three weeks after suddenly growing two inches per day Dubbed the 'Green Giant', it even smashed the ...

He was not the first to plant agave, but he has planted the most so far — roughly 400,000 plants on 340 acres. “We’re in a highly productive area,” Woolf told me last week. “We have ...

Today, beyond the icy grip of winter, Alice the Agave americana plant commands attention as she readies herself for her grand finale. Standing proudly at an impressive height of 25 feet, Alice ...

You may think that getting a cactus in Phoenix is an easy feat. They're everywhere, right? This may be true, but don't you even think about touching that saguaro down the block. For one ...

In research published in Advanced Science, investigators drew inspiration from the octopus to develop an adhesive that ...

An adhesive inspired by octopus suckers is capable of quickly gripping and releasing challenging underwater objects.

More adventurous diners might try escamoles or “Mexican caviar,” which is ant larvae taken from the roots of the agave plant ...

Three times a week, a special tool with sharp blades is used to harvest the heart of the plant while the shoots are cut and planted to start new rows of keiki agave. Irrigation is not necessary as ...

"The agave plant really loves sunlight. It really flourishes in an abundance of not just sunlight, but heat." To optimise growing conditions for the plants TSI is collaborating with ...

A new study shows that some members of the species Octopus cyanea maraud around the seafloor in hunting groups with fish, which sometimes include several fish species at once. The research ...