PHOENIX — What's more terrifying than a cactus with a mind of its own? Kidding. The teddy bear cactus, more commonly known as the jumping cholla, received that nickname because if you get too ...

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 ...

The spines of the jumping cholla cactus slide in with ease, but they’re grueling to extract. You can thank their barbs. ByKatherine J. Wu Tuesday, November 20, 2018 NOVA NextNOVA Next This unfortunate ...

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 ...

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Imagine the youthful delight at the prickly situation one of our pals had gotten himself into. The name is being withheld to protect the embarrassed. It was decades ago, but a visual I have enjoyed ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

As you journey through these desert landscapes, you'll see why cacti have become such powerful symbols of endurance and survival, capable of thriving in the harshest conditions. For example, saguaro ...