National Parks Week: Take a Walk, Find A New Species

Podcast: The Atlas Obscura Podcast (LS 62 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: National Parks Week: Take a Walk, Find A New SpeciesPub date: 2025-06-02Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIn March of 2024, a park ranger and volunteer were taking their regular walk together around Big Bend National Park. They came across a teeny tiny fuzzy little plant with unusual ribbon-like flowers bursting out of the center – something neither of them had ever seen before. As it turned out, they had stumbled on a rare scientific discovery. Learn more about the woolly devil, and check out iNaturalist. For more unusual stories, lists, and offbeat itineraries, check out the Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide to the National Parks. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from SiriusXM and Atlas Obscura, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.