Prickly pear, a fruit derived from the cactus plant, is gaining popularity in culinary and health circles due to its unique flavor, vibrant color, and nutritional benefits. Known as "tuna" in ...

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

They're tick-sized critters native to Mesoamerica where they suck the juice from prickly pear cactuses ... deep purple-red color, and that's the source of cochineal, cochineal dye, carmine ...

Tempe has a new and very visible art project. The sculptures are atop two new bridges over Interstate 10 at the Broadway Curve. Here's what they are.

In botanical terms, the small, plump prickly pear is, in fact, a berry, measuring 2 to 5 inches, and ranging in color from red to pale yellow, or green, with deep red flesh. Desert fruit ...