Most of the Sonoran Desert’s cacti are beautiful to behold, but one species can have a nasty side when encountered by people. It’s the chain fruit cholla — also known as the jumping cholla for its ...

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 ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - A 5-month-old Chihuahua dubbed "Cholla Charlie" has found his forever home after getting into a prickly situation in Surprise last month. After the puppy was found covered ...

The desert floor just east of San Diego was a stark contrast this spring to the showy display of flowers during 2017’s super bloom. In March, San Diego State University researcher Lluvia ...

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 ...

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 ...

You’ve seen prickly pear jam at the supermarket, but did you know many varieties of cholla cactus are edible straight from the ground? According to the James Beard Foundation’s Foods of the Southwest ...