Mexican long-nosed bats have a taste for agave nectar, fueling their migration from Mexico to the U.S. each summer.

The Mexican long-nosed bat has been listed as endangered since 1988, and now a new plan is in place to protect it. The Tri-City Record reported that the scheme includes safeguarding their "existing ...

For a short window of time, visitors to Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium will be in the presence of an unusual sight. The zoo’s botanical garden has been the home and caretaker to an Agave parryi var.

The oldest distilled spirit in the Americas is making a comeback. In 2019, American imports of mezcal soared by more than 50 percent, surpassing even Mexico in consumption for the first time. It's too ...

A new partnership between El Paso Zoo and Bat Conservation International (BCI) gives El Pasoans the chance to help an endangered bat species in its epic annual migration through Texas. In honor of ...

This story originally appeared on Yale Environment 360 and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. At the southeast tip of a large valley in the northern Sierra Madre Oriental is the small Mexican ...

Fort Huachuca's Conservation Branch of the Environmental & Natural Resources Division, in coordination with the Integrated Training Area Management Program, the Directorate of Public Works' ...

If you want a garden that you will never, ever need to water, consider agaves. There are more than a hundred agave species and varieties available to gardeners in Southern California, so you will have ...

It has been over a year since reviewing my agave collection, so today’s column checks out the development of selected specimens and compares the form variations of these popular plants. Agaves are ...

Brianna Mann, Bat Conservation International habitat restoration specialist, talks to event participants about how to plant the agave provided. (Photo by Marcela Johnson, Silver City Daily Press) El ...

For many Americans, the word “agave” conjures up thoughts of tequila. And for some, it’s not a pleasant association — even the good stuff can be a little too reminiscent of low-grade party fuel and ...