About 20 years ago, Omaha gardener Wayne Fitzhugh had planted a few cactuses in an area of his Dundee yard, in a plot he called wasted space. He’s been adding ...

Researcher Sandra Pascoe Ortiz uses juice from the prickly pear cactus to make plastic that's biodegradable, non-toxic and edible.

A sabbaar — the Arabic name for a prickly pear cactus — is at the heart of a new first-of-its-kind mural unveiled at the ...

A sabbaar — the Arabic name for a prickly pear cactus — is at the heart of a new mural unveiled at the Islamic Center of ...