Walking through the boundless landscape of red rocks and limestone cliffs in Texas' Big Bend National Park last March, a ...

And for a slightly easier to remember nickname? Researchers went with “wooly devil”—since the plant’s pair of petals look ...

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

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

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

Ruben Gutierrez wants to be able to sue prosecutors to compel them to test evidence that he says will prove he did not kill a ...

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

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

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.

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

Two park employees in Big Bend National Park encountered a tiny plant that they did not recognize. After further examination, ...

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