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Colossal Biosciences, the startup that brought back the dire wolf, is now focusing on New Zealand's giant moa.
Scientists who want to learn more about the "wooly devil," a tiny flower recently discovered in West Texas, hope it will bloom again in a couple of weeks after rain finally falls in the area.
A park volunteer first observed the wooly devil in March 2024 and uploaded its information into a community science app called iNaturalist.
Dubbed the wooly devil, the flower with furry leaves, purplish-striped petals and pops of yellow is a new genus and species in the same family as sunflowers and daisies: Asteraceae.
A newly discovered plant found by a national park volunteer in the Texas desert is a small, fuzzy flower that pokes up between rocks. With its limited range, this species could be threatened by ...
A tiny, woolly flower found hiding in Texas’s Big Bend National Park shows the intriguing strangeness of sunflowers ...
In the case of the 'woolly devil', researchers fear that publicity around its discovery could lead to an increase in plant trafficking, which could threaten its survival. By keeping the exact location ...
A park supervisor and a local volunteer have introduced the world to the “woolly devil,” a plant species no other botanists have logged before.
The woolly devil—a recently identified plant species—has researchers intrigued because it belongs to a brand new genus.
The Wooly Devil is what botanists call a "belly plant"-so tiny that it can only be properly observed while lying on the ground.
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 ...
Meet "wooly devil," a fuzzy new plant species discovered at a national park in Texas is a brand new species. Botanists are excited to watch it grow this spring.