After thousands of rare Chilean cacti were found in the house of an Italian collector, a years-long trial slowly unravelled ...

The driest deserts, such as Chile's Atacama Desert, have parts that receive less ... Other plants, such as cacti, have special means of storing and conserving water. In existing deserts, some ...

The Atacama’s dark skies and other qualities lured organizations to build cutting-edge instruments such as the VLT, the ELT and the southern array of the CTAO. “The darker the sky, the fainter ...

"I think it was definitely a success." The cacti are now in an Atacama Desert greenhouse managed by the National Forest Corporation of Chile (Conaf), although some local reports suggest some of ...