The desert floor just east of San Diego was a stark contrast this spring to the showy display of flowers during 2017’s super bloom. In March, San Diego State University researcher Lluvia ...

The Cholla Cactus Garden, located about 12 miles south of the park's North Entrance, is home to one of the few stands of cholla cactus in the park. The short, quarter-mile Cholla Cactus Garden Nature ...

One of the most common and iconic plants in our desert is the cholla cactus (Cylidropuntia spp.). It’s also a plant that many people love to hate. So why am I making it my plant of the month? Our ...

Spend any amount of time out in the desert, and chances are you've encountered a jumping cholla. It happens to the best of us. The cylindropuntia fulgida, AKA chain-fruit or jumping cholla, has a ...

Newcomers to the desert are having horrible accidents with cholla. One was a golfer who fell into one making a shot in the rough. Another mountain biker got flipped into major cholla and had to be ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — While Arizona wildlife officers never know what they’ll face in their day-to-day work, they’re always there to help adorable animals in need. Two weeks ago, Arizona Game and Fish ...

This video features a hollow form design made from Cholla cactus and resin infused with glow pigments. While offers have been received, the piece is not yet available for sale. #woodturning #wood #res ...

The jumping cholla cactus’ innocuous, shrub-like appearance belies its prickly spines’ strength: As a new study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B reveals, a single cholla spine embedded ...