The Wooly Devil, or Ovicula biradiata​, was first spotted by botany volunteer Deb Manley and a park ranger in Big Bend ...

Researchers with the California Academy of Sciences have discovered a new species of sunflower endemic to the harsh, rocky ...

The team sequenced the plant’s DNA and compared it with other specimens in the California Academy of Sciences’ herbarium. The ...

New Plant Species Discovered at Big Bend National Park . Close up view of "Wooly Devil." Photo credit: NPS / D. Manley.

A new plant species has been discovered at Big Bend National Park, the park announced in a news release Monday.

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Two staff members at Big Bend National Park have discovered a new plant. In March 2024, a volunteer with the Big Bend ...

For the first time in nearly 50 years, a brand new genus and species of plant has been discovered in a U.S. national park. Now dubbed the wooly devil ( Ovicula biradiata) for its fuzzy white foliage ...

A volunteer at Texas’ Big Bend National Park spotted bright red blooms after rain in a remote stretch of desert, leading to ...

Spanning 801,165 acres and featuring a mix of riparian ecosystems, desert bajadas, and sky island woodlands, Big Bend ...

An entirely new plant species, known as a "wooly devil," has been discovered in Big Bend National Park in Texas. This is the first new plant genus and species to have been discovered in a U.S.