This ‘living stone plant in Namibia looks like a rock and plays dead to survive. Fewer than 200 remain as the rare species faces extinction. The rare pebble-sized plant, Lithops werneri, survives in only one small patch of the Erongo Mountains. Its population has drastically declined by over 80% since 1981. Climate change and illegal poaching pose significant threats to its survival.

In a small area of Namibia’s Erongo Mountains, a tiny, pebble-like plant grows on a very thin layer of gravel. This succulent, Lithops werneri, is found in just one tiny 4…

This ‘living stone plant in Namibia looks like a rock and plays dead to survive. Fewer than 200 remain as the rare species faces extinction. The rare pebble-sized plant, Lithops…