In a remote corner of the Chihuahuan Desert, an unexpected botanical discovery has captured the attention of scientists. A ...

The woolly devil—a recently identified plant species—has researchers intrigued because it belongs to a brand new genus.

but the researchers have also given the plant a couple of nicknames: "wooly" and "wooly devil." They chose the name Ovicula, which means "tiny sheep" in Latin, due to the plant's fuzzy appearance ...