A desert native, and high school biology teacher is on a mission to connect her high school students with the beauty and ...

A new species of sunflower, Ovicula biradiata, has been identified in Big Bend National Park, Texas. This discovery, made by ...

Desert plants may have to go without fresh water ... In existing deserts, some species are in peril because of climate change. Global warming threatens to change the ecology of deserts: Higher ...

High Desert native, professor and high school ... We have been reminded by the recent fires that non-native plant species can contribute to the risk of fire spread. Having a population in limited ...

The study challenges traditional understanding. Scientists make crucial discovery after studying plants growing in extreme ...

A new plant species called the Wooly Devil has been discovered ... The tiny, fuzzy-looking plants with yellow flowers growing among desert rocks in a remote area on the northern end of the park ...

A volunteer spotted the tiny, fuzzy plant with maroon florets while exploring the remote northern corner of Big Bend National ...

The small plant, officially named “Ovicula ... biodiversity” and a wide range of habitat types, including riparian ecosystems, low desert bajadas and sky island woodlands at higher elevations.

For a plant, life in Argentina’s Monte Desert is hard enough. Daily temperatures can fluctuate dramatically; it rarely rains, and there are few nutrients in the parched soil for a hungry plant. To add ...