A close-up of Opuntia, commonly known as prickly pear cactus. A couple of years ago, if someone mentioned "cactus water", you'd probably picture it as something you'd reluctantly consume as a last ...

Prickly pear cactus grows in hot, sunny climates, like the southwest U.S. and Mexico. It is considered a healthy part of the Mexican diet. People eat the fruit of the prickly pear cactus.

The nopal cactus is more commonly known as the prickly pear cactus. Many people believe it has multiple health benefits due to its high antioxidant, vitamin, and mineral content. However ...

The prickly pear cactus is probably the most identifiable plant (besides the saguaro) in the Sonoran Desert. The species most often seen in the wild here is Engelmann prickly pear, or Opuntia ...

In parts of Texas, the prickly pear cactus is everywhere — potted outside coffee shops, dotting the side of the road, poking out of cracks in the sidewalk. It also lines the pathways of the ...

The prickly pear cactus — a rugged and at times cursed symbol of the American Southwest — continues to be threatened by a foreign pest that scientists fear will be much more difficult to ...

“Prickly pear oil, also known as cactus oil or prickly pear seed oil, is an oil extracted from the seeds of the prickly pear cactus, specifically the Opuntia ficus-indica species,” Gigi ...

A surprise encounter with a cactus might be a sticky and painful situation. However, there’s a particular cactus that also holds some surprises that really are interesting. And what might ...

It takes a pretty tough plant to thrive here and the prickly pear cactus is definitely one of them. It has to be Texas’s state plant. But what about the bluebonnet, you say? That is the state ...

Inside, Garcia sat down on a plastic chair, reached into a large bucket, and carefully grabbed the first nopal (pad of a prickly pear cactus) in just the right place to avoid its thorns.