The prickly pear cactus (opuntia engelmannii) is a quintessential desert plant, highly useful to many species including our ...

Throw a rock in New Mexico and you will most likely hit a prickly pear cactus. The plentiful and beautiful cacti, also known as nopales, produce a sweet and bright ruby fruit that sprouts from hearty, ...

A distinctive feature of the mountains of Guizhou, a province in southwest China, is the Guizhou cactus pear or Rosa roxburghii Tratt. Covering 140,000 hectares of the province, and with a bright ...

Climate change is pushing people to explore — and in cactuses, discover foods that others have known for ages. A curator at ...

The prickly pear cactus (opuntia engelmannii) is a quintessential desert plant, highly useful to many species including our ...

The fiesta in Albuquerque's South Valley on September 27 and 28 will celebrate the cactus, showcasing ways to prepare the ...

Throw a rock in New Mexico and you will most likely hit a prickly pear cactus. The plentiful and beautiful cacti, also known as nopales, produce a sweet and bright ruby fruit that sprouts from ...

This weekend, an event highlighted the versatility of a native New Mexico plant. Coming back for the sixth year, the New ...

If you’re looking for low-maintenance and striking greenery, you should learn how to grow cactus plants. They’ve become ...

Nopales are a staple of Mexican food and culture. Now, Latino entrepreneurs are looking to the cactus to help them tap into ...

Las Tunas history is intertwined with a cactus. It is said that Don Julián Gamboa had a large cattle ranch here and liked to ...

Native prickly pear and lava cactus have a very narrow distribution on the Galápagos, making their recovery vital.