Say hello to the wooly devil. The type of sunflower is a new plant species, identified in Big Bend National Park in Texas. Ovicula biradiata, as it is formally known, is especially notable for being ...

Texas – Two national park staff members made an astonishing discovery while walking through Texas' Big Bend National Park last year that has resulted in a new classification of a plant species. The ...

Staffers at Big Bend National Park, located in Western Texas, found that to be true after discovering a new plant species “previously unknown to science,” the National Park Service confirmed ...

Walking through the boundless landscape of red rocks and limestone cliffs in Texas' Big Bend National Park last March, a volunteer and a park ranger came across a plant they didn't recognize.

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Texas is big — so big, it seems, that there are still things to be discovered in the state. Staffers at Big Bend National Park, located in Western Texas, found that to be true after ...

A new plant species called the Wooly Devil has been discovered at Big Bend National Park in Texas, the National Park Service announced Monday. The Wooly Devil, or Ovicula biradiata, was first ...

At Big Bend National Park, a routine day took a wild turn when two staffers discovered a tiny, mysterious plant unlike any they’d seen before. Digging deeper, they confirmed it was a brand-new species ...

The plant, dubbed the “wooly devil,” was first spotted in 2024 in Texas’ Big Bend National Park. The plant was unlike anything anyone had ever seen at the park before, so park officials researched it.