Botanist Gustaf Starck rallied people passionate about preserving desert plants with a sign outside his Scottsdale ranch.

But the only secluded shady spots in the desert are often right next to a cholla cactus, so contact is inevitable! But even worse was the array of dislodged pads on or in the ground already ...

Give Christmas cactus lots of indirect light year-round, and don't allow the soil to dry out too much once flower buds form.

Creating her intricate sculptures is a painstaking ritual that pays homage to the desert’s strength. The process starts with cactus fibers that Raye carefully harvests. “Processing the cactus ...

Visitors who arrive mid-February through mid-June will see an abundance of blooming cactus just begging for attention. – Jill Schildhouse The desert may seem like the last place you'd expect to ...

Four NCAA Division I hockey teams will take the ice in the Coachella Valley Friday for the opening of the inaugural Cactus Cup. Michigan Tech, University of Nebraska-Omaha, Holy Cross and UMass-Lowell ...

There was no handshake line Nov. 1, after Goodyear Desert Edge's 21-6 win over Glendale Cactus. Will there be one following Friday's 5A football championship game between the schools at Mountain ...