It’s no secret that West Texas is a big dry desert, but that doesn’t stop the natural beauty of the Big Bend National Park.

When Christy Perry, a young Houston woman, went missing while hiking in Big Bend National Park in 2023, it prompted an all-hands-on-deck response. The park’s search-and-rescue team, which ...

Walking through the boundless landscape of red rocks and limestone cliffs in Texas' Big Bend National Park last March, a volunteer and a park ranger came across a plant they didn't recognize.

Texas offers travelers lots of different terrain. From its desert landscape in the West to its UNESCO World Heritage Site in ...

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas — A new plant species has been discovered at the Big Bend National Park, according to the National Park Service (NPS), in a news release Monday. At first ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Staffers at Big Bend National Park discovered a new plant species “previously unknown to science,” the National Park Service confirmed Monday. Last March, a Big Bend National ...

A new plant species called the Wooly Devil has been discovered at Big Bend National Park in Texas, the National Park Service announced Monday. The Wooly Devil, or Ovicula biradiata, was first ...

The wooly devil (Ovicula biradiata) was found in Big Bend National Park in Texas with bright red petals and is a member of the sunflower family. It is detailed in a study recently published in the ...