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The Wooly Devil, or Ovicula biradiata , was first spotted by botany volunteer Deb Manley and a park ranger in Big Bend National Park in Texas in March 2024.
US national parks are famed for their biodiversity, but even the most well-studied of places can still throw us a surprise or ...
The wooly devil’s discovery is a great story about the scientific process. After Manley and a park ranger first spotted it in March 2023, they consulted herbarium records, plant taxonomy ...
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 ...
A “wooly” plant is among a few new discoveries at Big Bend National Park, park officials announced earlier this week in a news release.. The small plant, officially named Ovicula biradiata and ...
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 ...