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

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

A team of Yale School of Medicine infectious diseases researchers recently conducted an in-depth review of the literature on ...

A giant flying squirrel – about the size of today’s house cats – once soared through the skies over what is now Southern ...

All 42 known species of the parasitic plant Rafflesia, often known as the corpse flower, are endangered due to runaway ...

Two Goliath beetle species are in grave danger because cocoa farming has wiped out their forests and they’re being sold on ...

Deb Manley was exploring a remote area of Big Bend National Park when she spotted something unusual on the ground. Tiny, ...

But while I’m away, I thought you might enjoy learning about the history of and some notable historical figures in our usual ...

Close up view of "Wooly Devil." This is the first new genus and species of plant discovered in a National Park in over 50 ...

The plant’s name, Ovicula biradiata, pays tribute to its fuzzy exterior. Ovicula means “tiny sheep” — apropos for the white ...

It has been nearly 50 years since a new genus has been discovered in a national park, but it's official: The wooly devil is ...

The Gray Fossil Site was once an ancient sinkhole lake surrounded by a dense forest of hickory, oak and pine trees, ...