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 ...

If you’ve spent any time in Arizona, you’ve no doubt been introduced to the wide array of Plants That Will Hurt You. Ranking pretty close to the top and widely considered a terrible nuisance is the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As you journey through these desert landscapes, you'll see why cacti have become such powerful symbols of endurance and survival, ...

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 ...

Cholla cacti — let's face it — aren't the most beloved of the prickly plants in our neck of the desert. Not only do chollas lack the pleasing stature and shapely form of our trademark saguaros, they ...

Our region’s cacti are adapted to dry, hot conditions and thrive where many plants cannot. Cacti have lost their leaves and developed fleshy, photosynthetic stems containing water-storing pulp. Cactus ...

FORT MCDOWELL, AZ — Deep in the Sonoran Desert on the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, you can experience the beauty of Arizona’s rugged desert on a custom-built off-road Jeep. Fort McDowell Adventures, ...