Prickly pear, a fruit derived from the cactus plant, is gaining popularity in culinary and health circles due to its u ...

Of the groups within the cactus family, the opuntias are one of the most successful and widespread, but they exhibit many taxonomic difficulties and are, therefore, not well understood. /// Las ...

Read more: Strawberry Hacks You'll Wish You Knew Sooner The nopal cactus is part of the genus Opuntia, which is native to North and South America. Also called the prickly pear cactus, this genus ...

Opuntia Ficus, better known as the cactus pear. Andrea Ortenzi saw the plant’s potential 20 years ago when working for Telecom Italia in Brazil, where it is widely used as animal feed.

Workers could be seen earlier this week installing the silver, green-striped sculpture made up of a series of interlocking circles — meant to resemble the Opuntia prickly pear cactus — between ...

Despite its nutritional offerings, consumption of Guizhou cactus pear — which is distinct from the invasive Mexican prickly pear of the genus Opuntia — is limited by its bitter taste.

Ohio State's graphic for their Cotton Bowl matchup against the Texas Longhorns used a cactus that doesn't actually exist in ...