Is this a project you’d want to see? Here’s your daily dose of an indie film, web series, TV pilot, what-have-you in progress — at the end of the week, you’ll have the chance to vote for your favorite ...

Starting a cannabis business may seem like a prickly proposition as Colorado dispensary sales decline, but Emily Drost still thinks the time is ripe. That’s why she and her father, Thomas Laue, named ...

Walnut Creek’s Ruth Bancroft is a national authority on drought-resistant gardening. Twice a month, she and her staff share their knowledge with readers. Q At the Ruth Bancroft Garden, I saw a prickly ...

Opuntia, the prickly pear cactus, originated in South America, moved into the valleys of the Andes and then north into Mexico and North America. In Southern California, opuntia grows in the coastal ...

All over the desert, rain will bring one of the biggest cactus flower shows in years. Existing cactus plants in gardens and landscapes as well as in the wild will be reproducing with a vengeance after ...

I am returning to Spain for the second Primitive Survival Course in Ciudad Real from April 30 to May 3. During my exploration along the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean coastlines, I found Opuntia stricta ...

Les Opuntias poussent avec des articles plats en forme de raquettes appelés cladodes. Ils portent de grandes et fortes épines assurant un rôle de défense, mais aussi des petites épines minces comme ...

When a cactus moth lays its eggs on an Opuntia cactus, it creates one of nature’s most effective camouflages. The eggs emerge as what is called an “egg stick”, because they look like the cactus spine.