Amid Arizona's cactus-dominated landscape, some saguaros aren't what they seem — they're actually cellphone towers. Cellphone ...

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An curved arrow pointing right. Cochineals are tiny bugs that live on prickly pear cactuses. The acid in their guts makes a red dye used in textiles, cosmetics, and foods like M&Ms and Yoplait yogurt.

The curve-billed thrasher—the common thrasher of the rich, cactus-laden Sonoran Desert—can be very conspicuous, sitting up on saguaro or cholla cactuses, making its presence known by its loud ...

This occurrence, very much out of the ordinary for the family, will lead to an extreme and hostile situation and will reveal the suffocating, dark nature of the house among the cactuses and its ...

Residents across the sprawling metro are finding the extended extreme heat has led to fried flora and have shared photos and videos of their damaged cactuses with the Desert Botanical Garden.

They're tick-sized critters native to Mesoamerica where they suck the juice from prickly pear cactuses. Nancy Greig: And if you squish them, they are bright red inside and kind of a purply ...