A volunteer and park ranger came across the fuzzy-looking plant in a remote northern stretch of the park in March 2024 and didn't recognize it. The rangers uploaded pictures of it to an app where ...

Researchers say odd-looking plants discovered by a volunteer and supervisory interpretive park ranger at a U.S. National Park are a new species.The unique plant was found growing on desert rocks ...

(CNN) - Staff members at Big Bend National Park discovered a brand-new plant. They spotted several odd-looking plants on desert rocks in a remote part of the park. Genetic analysis revealed that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.