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A fossil from one of the largest dinosaurs to live in North America was discovered in a national park in Texas.
Some of the world’s darkest skies are in the Big Bend region of West Texas – although in recent years, light pollution from ...
In a remarkable find at Big Bend National Park, geology students from Sul Ross State University have uncovered a rare and ...
Budding geologists on a research expedition in a Texas national park have unearthed a massive vertebra from a long-necked ...
GEOQUIZ: To which state would you travel to visit Big Bend National Park? Answer: Texas. The Big Bend area is named for its location on the bend of the Rio Grande River, which separates the U.S. and ...
A new plant species from the sunflower family, named the "woolly devil," has been discovered in Big Bend National Park, USA.
CORRECTION (April 1, 2025): An earlier version of this story said the weapons were found in Big Bend National Park. They were found in the Big Bend region of Texas, not the park, and the story has ...
The find adds to Big Bend NP's long-held reputation as a hotspot for dinosaur fossils. Previous discoveries at the park ...
The Trump administration's escalating militarization of the Texas-Mexico border may have significant implications for some of ...
Overall, the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee was the No. 1 most-desired destination. It also happens to be the ...
From bustling cities to small towns, beaches to mountains, Texas is full of surprises just waiting to be discovered. Here are ...
BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas — Big Bend National Park is home to a previously undiscovered plant species, a tiny and fuzzy type of sunflower nicknamed the “wooly devil,” and scientists who want to ...