A staple throughout the Southwest, this desert fruit adds flavor and color to cocktails, salads, salsas, desserts, and more.

Noxious weeds cost Australia billions of dollars each year in agricultural and environmental degradation. These weeds of ...

Of the groups within the cactus family, the opuntias are one of the most successful and widespread, but they exhibit many taxonomic difficulties and are, therefore, not well understood. /// Las ...

Adrián Lopez and Marte Cazarez invented an eco-friendly, plant-based material that is used by fashion houses globally.

Despite its nutritional offerings, consumption of Guizhou cactus pear — which is distinct from the invasive Mexican prickly pear of the genus Opuntia — is limited by its bitter taste.

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Stephen Lapian displays Opuntia cactus, an invasive species that has colonised the ...