Scientists are naming new species after musicians, and it’s kind of amazing

Thursday, August 10, 2017 - 15:32 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Animals From Beyoncé to Shakira. No one really knows how many species actually inhabit planet Earth—some say millions, others trillions—but regardless, it's the job of taxonomists to name them all.

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