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

The Prickly Pear Festival celebrates the cactus and all of its incredible and edible parts. The event celebrates its sixth ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

The rarest of the three cactus species native to Minnesota, the ball cactus - also known as the pincushion cactus - is found ...

Those growing and harvesting prickly pear fruit said 2024 is a banner year for the crop. One local company is trying to get ...

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

Sep. 26—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 ...