The small plant, officially named “Ovicula biradiata" and more affectionately called “wooly devil,” was first spotted in ...

Deb Manley was exploring a remote area of Big Bend National Park when she spotted something unusual on the ground. Tiny, ...

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

The wooly devil is only the latest in a series of remarkable finds in the park. In recent years, scientists have uncovered ...

A new plant species, Ovicula biradiata, also known as "Wooly Devil," was discovered in Big Bend National Park, marking a new ...

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.

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

A new fuzzy plant species called the "Wooly Devil" has been discovered amongst the arid landscapes of Big Bend National Park ...

The plant, formally known as Ovicula biradiata, is especially notable for being the simultaneous discovery of a new species ...

Big Bend National Park staff members in Texas were the first to log the "wooly devil," a new plant species with the official name Ovicula biradiata.

Texas is big — so big, it seems, that there are still things to be discovered in the state. Staffers at Big Bend National ...