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

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An Arizona Game and Fish Department officer saved the baby deer after it became covered in spines from a cholla cactus.

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Noxious weeds cost Australia billions of dollars each year in agricultural and environmental degradation. These weeds of national significance are among the worst.

Native to Mexico, wheel cactus (Opuntia robusta) was likely introduced to Australia, innocently enough, as a hardy ornamental garden plant. It escaped domestication and is now listed among ...

If you have extra time, Rock Climbing is worthwhile. Climbers flock to Joshua Tree from around the world to tackle the literally thousands of routes open to them. There are challenges for all ...