The Wooly Devil is what botanists call a "belly plant"-so tiny that it can only be properly observed while lying on the ...

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 ...

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

Researchers say odd-looking plants discovered by a volunteer and supervisory interpretive park ranger at a U.S. National Park ...

A new plant species, Ovicula biradiata, has been discovered in Big Bend National Park, marking the first such discovery in a ...

The wooly devil is only the latest in a series of remarkable finds in the park. In recent years, scientists have uncovered ...

Staffers at Big Bend National Park discovered a new plant species “previously unknown to science,” the National Park Service ...

A new plant species, Ovicula biradiata, also known as "Wooly Devil," was discovered in Big Bend National Park, marking a new ...

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

The small plant, officially named “Ovicula biradiata" and more affectionately called “wooly devil,” was first spotted in ...

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