Along the coast, this buck and doe are dining on prickly pear cactus, and further inland, a hungry javelina munches a thorny ...

Question: I recently bought my first home in Santa Rosa. The backyard has a prickly pear cactus that’s about 6 feet tall. Since it’s the first time I’ve owned one, can you share information about it ...

In the courtyard of the historic Gutiérrez Hubbell House in Albuquerque's verdant South Valley, the afternoon sun is beginning to soften. A band plays under a spreading cottonwood, and in the audience ...

Adding prickly pears to your diet may help boost heart health, improve your body’s antioxidant status, and reduce inflammatory markers. Prickly pears also provide fiber, vitamin C, magnesium, and ...

Prickly pear fruit (and pads) is just one of many wild desert foods long used by Indigenous people. If you are harvesting prickly pear fruit this year, do so with respect, leaving fruit on the cactus ...

GREEN VALLEY — The acres of prickly pear at Arizona Cactus Ranch produce nectar and fruit spreads that owner Natalie Mc-Gee sells over the Internet and through markets around Arizona. But those ...

Nothing says summer like frozen desserts, and this week's episode of Mad Genius: Home Edition has the perfect treat for combating humidity. Food & Wine Culinary Director at Large Justin Chapple whips ...

The dangerously monikered cactus is a source of joy in the Southwest. Albuquerque celebrates with music and yummy opuntia treats. Albuquerque prickly pear festival celebrates abundance of the desert ...