Big Bend National Park in Texas In the bend of West Texas ... this is the only national park dedicated to one species of cactus. It’s also an easy road trip stop for those driving along ...

I hadn't realized just how massive Big Bend National Park would feel at 1,200 square ... Every plant and cactus we passed looked parched from the scorching sun and sweltering heat.

so “Big Bend has more species of cactus, of birds, scorpions, butterflies, and even ants than any other national park.” That’s partly why describing the woolly devil is just the beginning.

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas — A roadrunner races down ... same determination of the roadrunner and marvel at the blooming cactus and yucca plants. Centuries ago, Spanish conquistadores called ...

At first glance, the hardscrabble terrain of Big Bend National Park, which hugs a bend in the Rio Grande between Texas and Mexico, looks like a moonscape: desolate and slightly threatening.

most remote national parks in the continental U.S. Big Bend National Park is bigger than Rhode Island and the only national park that contains an entire mountain range, the Chisos Mountains.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Staffers at Big Bend National Park discovered a new plant species “previously unknown to science,” the National Park Service confirmed Monday. Last March, a Big Bend National ...