Take a walk…find a new species

A park ranger and volunteer were taking their regular walk around Big Bend National Park when they came across a fuzzy plant with unusual ribbon-like flowers – something neither of them had ever seen before. Turns out, they had stumbled on a scientific discovery. Listen on Spotify | Apple Podcasts

For more stories about the American Southwest, see:

  • Atomic Las Vegas: Visitors to Las Vegas in the 1950s lined up for a spectacle like none other: watching weapons of mass destruction explode over the desert. Listen on Spotify | Apple Podcasts

Big Bend National Park and Chihuahuan Desert via Wikimedia Commons