A staple throughout the Southwest, this desert fruit adds flavor and color to cocktails, salads, salsas, desserts, and more.

Have you ever eaten prickly pear fruit? As it turns out, this weird-sounding fruit is a decent source of magnesium, and may ...

The use of Nopal cactus supplements has been increasing recently due to the possible health benefits they could provide. The Nopal, also known as the prickly pear cactus, hails from the Americas ...

Both bridges feature 10 large magenta sculptures that resemble prickly pear cactus fruit. Each sculpture has a metal plate with strategic cutout patterns that create shadows based on local plants.

The prickly pear cactus Hase uses is shaped like a flat oval fan. The transparent, difficult-to-see spines on its surface must be carefully rubbed out before cutting the surface sprouts with a knife.

An curved arrow pointing right. Cochineals are tiny bugs that live on prickly pear cactuses. The acid in their guts makes a red dye used in textiles, cosmetics, and foods like M&Ms and Yoplait yogurt.

If you're looking to broaden your fruit horizons beyond the quotidien, consider the many ways to eat prickly pears. Also known as cactus pear, this delectable desert fruit grows on shrub-size ...

Tempe has a new and very visible art project. The sculptures are atop two new bridges over Interstate 10 at the Broadway Curve. Here's what they are.