Its spiny branches readily detach and root wherever they land, which is how it earned the nickname “jumping cholla.” Very ...

The spiny water flea, Bythotrephes cederströmii, is a microscopic predator that is forever altering the ecological fabric of aquatic habitats in Canada. Originally from Eurasia, Bythotrephes ...

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 ...

Deep off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and Mexico, fallen wood provides a home and food to three new species. Abdullah Ali via Unsplash When a tree falls along the coastline or driftwood flows ...

I’m speaking of course about the five-keeled spiny-tailed iguana. The regular garrobo, the black spiny-tailed iguana, is one of the most common reptiles in Costa Rica. If you’re in Costa Rica and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Los Angeles chefs have found unique ways to showcase spiny lobster by using it in toasted rolls, topping it with caviar or serving it raw. Since they don’t have claws, the tail is the focus when ...

Wild and exposed, it winds through grasslands, plunges through washes and meanders beside mesquite, acacia and cholla before petering out in a field scattered with the fort’s adobe ruins. Fort Bowie ...

Yet their striking resemblance to shrews and other spiny mammals is not merely a coincidence, instead representing a clear example of convergent evolution. In this intriguing scenario, mammals in ...

There is plenty of wildlife, like Gila monsters, Gila woodpeckers, desert spiny lizards ... As far as the flora, there are jumping cholla cacti, alligator juniper, night-blooming cereus, saguaro ...