A nopal is a cactus with wide, flat paddles called nopales ... There are also hybrid Opuntia that have been bred to have little to no spines or glochids. In addition, you can also find ornamental ...

Possibly, it protects the bulbous, ground-hugging peyote, which has no spines, by imparting a bitter taste to its flesh or deterring insects and other predators from consuming the cactus by ...

A Harris's antelope squirrel amongst the spines of the cholla cactus, where it painstakingly searches for cactus fruit - one of the only sources of moisture around. Whilst filming the amazing ...