Prickly pear has spiny, flat, club-shaped pads that look like the type of cactus you often think of in the desert. This is the kind of cactus you don't want to get too close to—unless you're ...

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 ...

The city of Tucson, Arizona, sits on America’s southern border, surrounded by the cactus-strewn landscapes of the Sonoran ...

The prickly pear cactus has a big network of shallow roots ... Boerhavia repens is a desert plant which can germinate, grow, produce flowers and ripen seeds in the space of ten days after it ...

EVERY CACTUS IS A POEM ... like pronounced paddles (you know we're thinking of you, dear prickly pear). And if you're a fan of desert succulents and wildflowers and all of the pretty prickly ...