It’s the first discovery of a new plant genus in a national park in decades, and a landmark find. But the identification of ...

A tiny, woolly flower found hiding in Texas’s Big Bend National Park shows the intriguing strangeness of sunflowers ...

In a remote corner of the Chihuahuan Desert, an unexpected botanical discovery has captured the attention of scientists. A ...

A park supervisor and a local volunteer have introduced the world to the “woolly devil,” a plant species no other botanists ...

Scientists have identified both a new species and genus of sunflower in the Texas desert, but climate change may threaten its ...

The woolly devil—a recently identified plant species—has researchers intrigued because it belongs to a brand new genus.

The plant, formally known as Ovicula biradiata, is especially notable for being the simultaneous discovery of a new species and genus. It was found with help from the community science app iNaturalist ...

According to a newly published study in the botanical journal PhytoKeys, the plant, named Ovicula biradiata- or "Wooly Devil"-is not just a new species but belongs to a completely new genus within ...

Staff members at Big Bend National Park in Texas were sure in for a surprise when they stumbled upon a rare looking plant that almost looks straight out of a cartoon! The tiny plant is furry looking, ...

A new plant species, the Wooly Devil (Ovicula biradiata), has been discovered in Texas's Big Bend National Park. This tiny, fuzzy plant with red petals and wool-covered leaves is the first new ...

Deb Manley picked the name based on the plant's wooly hairs and its tendency to have two ray florets that "sort of look like devil horns," according to Lichter Mark. The wooly devil is small — it can ...

Deb Manley picked the name based on the plant's wooly hairs and its tendency to have two ray florets that "sort of look like devil horns," according to Lichter Mark. The wooly devil is small ...