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

Agaves constitute one of the best- adapted groups of landscape plants for arid gardens. Their stiff, sword-shaped leaves and bold rosette pattern of growth make them ideal accent plants. Besides being ...

In Mexico, underpinning the mezcal industry with sustainable agave production is crucial to long-term land health and livelihoods.

Forget tequila, mezcal is Mexico’s most complex spirit. Made in different states from a wide variety of agave species, mezcal compares more to wine than any other spirit in the world. ByLauren Mowery, ...

Agave or Bust! Mexican Long-Nosed Bats Head Farther North in Search of Sweet Nectar ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Mexican long-nosed bats have a taste for agave, their tongues designed to lap up the famous ...

Chef Antonio Caraballo prepares pork belly at Meximodo a restaurant in Metuchen, New Jersey receives an award from Guinness World Records for the Most Varieties Of Agave Spirits commercially available ...

For years, California farmers have seen some of their crops struggle amid the impacts of drought and climate change. Many have sought out more resilient plants that don’t need a lot of water — like ...

Agave or bust! Mexican long-nosed bats head farther north in search of sweet nectar - Mexican long-nosed bats have a taste for agave nectar, fueling their migration from Mexico to the U.S. each summer ...