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

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

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

In sun-scorched expanse of Big Bend National Park, where the Chihuahuan Desert stretches seemingly endlessly, Deb Manley was ...

The Wooly Devil is a belly plant, meaning it is so small that it can only be properly seen when lying on the ground.

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

Researchers call the plant the wooly devil because of its fuzzy appearance and the red horn-like flowers that bloom from it.

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

Meet "wooly devil," a fuzzy new plant species discovered at a national park in Texas is a brand new species. Botanists are ...

A new plant species was recently discovered in Texas’ Big Bend National Park. It’s being called the “wooly devil.” ...