A volunteer spotted the tiny, fuzzy plant with maroon florets while exploring the remote northern corner of Big Bend National ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Park botanist C. Whiting takes a closer look at wooly devil. Photo credit: NPS / D. Manley ...

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.

Researchers call the plant the wooly devil because of its fuzzy appearance and the red horn-like flowers that bloom from it. Photo by Deb Manley, et al. (2025) PhytoKeys “While many assume that ...

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