It’s called Pima Prickly Park — and it’s an ideal place to see prickly plants at their colorful best in May. The 7.4-acre park, at 3500 W. River Road, is a wonderland of cacti and desert trees that ...

Plains prickly pear cactus lobes burst up from the dry, yellow-sand earth like unkempt ears. A wide, shallow hole under a cacti patch provides evidence that an animal was recently here, but the only ...

This fruit often is described as a cross between a watermelon and bubblegum, and can be found on the side of Southwestern highways. It's the prickly pear. The fruit and its nopales (the fleshy, ...

This cactus is back on Long Wharf. Some (not all) phragmites are on their way out. David Reher had an explanation. p(clear). Reher (pictured) offered some 15 people a ...

Cactus fruit is rich in betanin, polyphenols and other potent antioxidants that support liver health, protect against heart disease and reduce inflammation.

A night of holiday-party drinking doesn't have to be painful the next morning, thanks to a common desert plant. The fruit of the prickly pear cactus is a lean, mean hangover-fighting machine. Grown in ...

A staple throughout the Southwest, this desert fruit adds flavor and color to cocktails, salads, salsas, desserts, and more. If you're looking to broaden your fruit horizons beyond the quotidien, ...

Connecticut and the Trust for Public Land have reached an agreement to purchase a 1,000 property in the Connecticut River Valley to be used for preservation. The property, called The Preserve, is home ...