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 ...

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 close...a segment ...

As anyone who’s gotten too close to a jumping cholla cactus can attest, the experience is singularly painful — and difficult to resolve, as the cactus’ spines are particularly stubborn to remove.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Most scientists today agree that North America has four distinct desert regions: the Great Basin, ...

Some wildflowers might be passing their peak of color in Southeastern Arizona — but now cacti are getting on the bloom bandwagon. A variety of prickly species — from hedgehogs and chollas to even a ...