The area that is now Joshua Tree National Park wasn’t always a desert. During the Great Ice Age, also known as the ...

The Cholla Cactus Garden, located about 12 miles south of the park's North Entrance, is home to one of the few stands of cholla cactus in the park. The short, quarter-mile Cholla Cactus Garden ...

A Harris's antelope squirrel amongst the spines of the cholla cactus, where it painstakingly searches for cactus fruit - one of the only sources of moisture around. Whilst filming the amazing ...

Made from Cholla Cactus Wood. I've seen something like this but in a square form, thought it would be good to make a round one! I haven't updated the website in a few weeks, but these will be on ...

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 ...

Assistant producer Lance Featherstone removes the spines of the Cholla cactus from a glove, after David plunged it into the cactus to demonstrate its vicious defences. Team doctor Patrick Avery ...

An International Biosphere Reserve and a federally designated wilderness area, this park preserves the only large concentration of organ pipe cacti in the country, as well as hundreds of other native ...

Once mated, a female will feed mainly on cacti pollen and nectar, then wait out the year until next spring. As soon as the prickly pear and cholla cacti start to flower again, the mated females ...

The Munz’s cholla is the largest species of cactus endemic to the state, and its tree-like structure provides a place for birds to perch and nest. As an integral part of the desert ecosystem ...

Cholla Cactus Garden is another good option for novices as it’s a quarter of a mile flat loop with a partially raised walkway where you can admire the spiky cacti of the same name. And with the ...

White-throated woodrats build fortresses by collecting jumping cholla cactus stems, drying them out and then carefully adding them to the walls of their nests. Alex watched as every night the woodrat ...