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

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 ...

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

Walking through the boundless landscape of red rocks and limestone cliffs in Texas' Big Bend National ... said the Ovicula biradiata, or the "Wooly Devil," as botanists have come to call it ...

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

AUSTIN ( KXAN) – Texas is big — so big, it seems, that there are still things to be discovered in the state. Staffers at Big ...

The small plant, officially named “Ovicula biradiata" and more affectionately called “wooly devil,” was first spotted in March 2024.(Big Bend National Park) A “wooly” plant is among a ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Texas is big — so big ... researchers gave it a more casual nickname: “wooly devil.” Trails, bathrooms, wait times: How National Park staffing cuts could impact your ...

He warned climate change pushing deserts to become hotter and drier means highly specialized plants like the wooly devil are facing extinction. "We have only observed this plant in three narrow ...