For the first time in nearly 50 years, a brand new genus and species of plant has been discovered in a U.S. national park. Now dubbed the wooly devil (Ovicula biradiata) for its fuzzy white foliage ...

Some were the size of a dog. Others were as large as polar bears. A newly-discovered fossil of the ferocious hyaenodont is ...

With more than 100,000 Americans waiting on a new organ, xenotransplantation is a leading example of how editing animals ...

An entirely new plant species, known as a "wooly devil," has been discovered in Big Bend National Park in Texas. This is the first new plant genus and species to have been discovered in a U.S.

Even botanists can be surprised at the sheer variety of a houseplant often known only for being indestructible.

A newly discovered deepwater tilefish, Branchiostegus sanae, has been named after San from Princess Mononoke due to its ...

Illicium, also known as anise shrub, is a genus of flowering shrubs with 38 known species. Of those, two are most commonly ...

A volunteer at Texas’ Big Bend National Park spotted bright red blooms after rain in a remote stretch of desert, leading to ...

Scientists reveal a never-before-seen species of leopard-size apex predator that lived in lush forest 30 million years ago.

U S national parks are famed for their biodiversity, but even the most well-studied of places can still throw us a surprise ...