"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A strong argument could be made that lithops are the world's cutest houseplant. Also called living stones ...

Other year-end selections are much larger than a zombie mushroom. In Peru, researchers described an acanth shrub that reaches ...

THE lure of lithops begins with a double-take, the realization that these pebbles are actually plants, alive and growing. See these succulents in a specialty nursery -- or run across them at Home ...

Living stones is a loose term for the cutest and most bizarre of all small succulents because they mimic the appearance of real wash pebbles in Africa's Kalahari desert. Grazing wildlife eat ...

Did you know it's entirely possible for a rock to come to life? No, we're not talking about the newest season of Stranger Things, your latest nightmare or some Scandinavian tale. Introducing: lithops, ...