Can’t you just picture camels traveling across the desert sand with their humps silhouetted against the glorious sunset? They ...

Every rose has its thorns, and other common plants like rice, raspberries and blackberries also sport sharp spikes. Botanically, these pointed defenses are known as “prickles,” and the plants ...

When the 2008 recession hit and business temporarily dried up, she started writing in a blog to pass on her hard-won knowledge from the thorny trenches. In it, she called herself "AZ Plant Lady ...

These plants don’t respond well to pruning, and in any case their numerous thorns would make the job onerous. ... Here are some tips on how to get started with plant ID in the Sonoran Desert.

A new study has found how a rose and other plants like a tomato and eggplant came to get their prickles. The discovery could help engineer new thorn-free variants.

Noelle Johnson, aka AZ Plant Lady, talks about using mulch in her garden while crouching next to one of the rocks that decorate her front garden at her Chandler home on Feb. 20, 2023.

Season one covers desert critters, everything from birds and bugs to beavers and bats, and diverse plant life that can be anything from prickly and thorny to flowery and leafy. Desert Diaries is ...

The Anza-Borrego Desert’s native acacia (Acacia greggii) is the notoriously thorny “cat-claw,” known by early desert pioneers as “tear-blanket” and “wait-a-minute bush.” Sponsored ...

Despite having sharp thorns and sticky stems that keep the plant half buried in the sand, Sleisla is still a favorite fodder crop for animals that graze in the desert, including camels.

To find the gene responsible for thorns, scientists investigated plants in the Solanum genus. These plants, known as nightshades, encompass more than 1,500 species and include common culinary ...

Prickles and thorns are an evolved defense against herbivores — animals that eat plants — and can also aid in growth, plant competition and water retention, according to the study.

Prickles and thorns are an evolved defense against herbivores — animals that eat plants — and can also aid in growth, plant competition and water retention, according to the study.