American agave plants are known for their fairly fatalistic life cycles: live, die, repeat. After blooming, the plants are expected to die shortly thereafter, usually leaving behind clones of ...

From Clovis to Hanford in Central California, the mature succulents known as agave americana are dying. And there is little anyone can do. But this isn’t a case of errant pesticides, disease or insect ...

MURRIETA, Calif. (AP) — Leo Ortega started growing spiky blue agave plants on the arid hillsides around his Southern California home because his wife liked the way they looked. A decade later, his ...

Agave's spiky leaves make it a popular drought-tolerant plant. Here's how to care for an agave plant in your container garden ...

Between the drought and wildfires raging through California’s fields and vineyards, producing a profitable harvest has become a struggle. But amid the threat that climate change has brought to local ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — An Agave plant at Western Michigan University's Finch Greenhouse is getting a lot of attention from botany enthusiasts around the region. No magic beans were involved, but rather an ...

Scientists in Australia think hardy agave plants could be the next big biofuel source. In addition, the bioethanol produced from the plants could help fill unprecedented global demand for hand ...

ANN ARBOR, MIch. -- It's still growing, and growing, and growing. Like the beanstalk from the famous fable, the stalk of an 80-year-old American agave plant at the University of Michigan is so tall, ...