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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

PHOENIX — 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 ...

This is not a story about the Christmas cactus, a succulent with wintertime blooms and Central American origin. The Christmas cholla, or Cylindropuntia leptocaulis, as its scientifically known, bears ...

Many desert animals make use of the wide variety of cholla found within the desert environment. The fleshy fruits are a source of both food and moisture for many species of mammals. Birds find the ...