Goetze: Cacti's root systems enable them to exploit any rainfall, and their spines and glochids provide defense and help them ...

Like the prickly pear cactus it’s named for: sharp, blunt, and defensive on the outside, but surprisingly sweet once you get past the spikes. Every now and then, I long for a banana.

Vibrant nasturtiums add a peppery punch to dishes with their bright orange, yellow, and red blooms. Both the flowers and ...

I passed by some beautiful wildflowers, including several prickly pear cactus. They were in bloom with beautiful yellow flowers. The trail lacked shade but the beautiful landscape made up for it.

At night we saw a vicious predator attacking a much larger prey. In the morning we saw the brightest red blood I have ever ...

The purpose of the nighttime excursion was to find cherry millipedes, many-legged creatures that roam hardwood forests in ...

Organizers said the plant, a prickly pear cactus, “takes root in an ethereal landscape that evokes connections to both Los Angeles and the Middle East.” Other elements of the mural include a yellow ...

Pennsylvania border along the Delaware River, one small town promises bluff hikes, quirky shops, nice restaurants, and cool ...

On the opposite side, in a stockpot nearly as big as the world - to a child's eyes, anyway - boiled a large bag's worth of dried pinto beans with a hunk of salt pork and some chopped onion. The beans ...

The dazzling white blooms of saguaros and showy yellow palo verde trees get lots of attention at this time of year — but the often underrated blooms of cholla and prickly pear cacti are putting ...

The citrus-adjacent tang of the prickly pear is the headliner, an underutilized fruit that makes entirely too much sense in cactus water.

Researcher Sandra Pascoe Ortiz uses juice from the prickly pear cactus to make plastic that's biodegradable, non-toxic and edible.