Project background Jumping cholla (Cylindropuntia fulgida) is a rapidly spreading cactus shrub affecting public and private land around and within the Living Desert State Park. The barbed spines on ...

The Cholla Cactus Garden is where visitors will find a surprisingly dense patch of "Teddy Bear" Cholla that stretches across the sand. Named for their fuzzy appearance, these cacti are anything but ...

It's pretty easy to identify the most spine-covered, pokey and self-defensive plant in all of Kern County: a cactus known as the Silver Cholla. Silver Cholla (Cylindropuntia echinocarpa) is like a ...

A fawn that got covered in hundreds of cholla spines, and unable to eat or drink, has been released to its mother. Two weeks ago, Arizona Game and Fish Department Officer, Troy Moody, in Kingman ...

A fawn that got covered in hundreds of cholla spines, and unable to eat or drink, has been released to its mother. Two weeks ago, Arizona Game and Fish Department Officer, Troy Moody, in Kingman ...

Leander is the epicentre of a decades-long struggle to contain just two species: the jumping cholla and coral cactus. Both non-native types of cacti are categorised as restricted invasive plants ...

That’s good advice for the cactuses, too — locals call them “jumping cholla” because the barbs seem to jump out at anyone who comes too close. Keep your eyes peeled for the bright pink blooms of ...

A couple weeks ago an Arizona wildlife officer came to the rescue when a baby deer found itself in a precariously thorny situation.

Two weeks ago, Arizona Game and Fish received a call about a deer fawn covered head-to-toe in cholla cactus at a home in Chloride, Arizona, north of Kingman.

The young deer managed to become covered in spines from a cholla cactus.

The young deer managed to become covered in spines from a cholla cactus.

Animals Cactus-covered baby deer saved by Arizona wildlife officials The young deer managed to become covered in spines from a cholla cactus.