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Meet Ptomaphagus thebeatles! A New Beetle Species Has Been Named After The Beatles

The Beatles have finally achieved rock's greatest honor: being named after a bug.

Meet Ptomaphagus thebeatles! A New Beetle Species Has Been Named After The Beatles

This New Insect Species Was Named After Lady Gaga for Its 'Wacky Fashion Sense'

The wacky Kaikaia gaga is fashionably just designed to be rad.

This New Insect Species Was Named After Lady Gaga for Its 'Wacky Fashion Sense'

Tiny, Bird-Like Skull Found in Amber Could Belong to the Mesozoic Era's Smallest Known Dinosaur

The skull of Oculudentavis khaungraae preserved in 99-million-year-old amber.

Tiny, Bird-Like Skull Found in Amber Could Belong to the Mesozoic Era's Smallest Known Dinosaur

Channel Your Inner Chef Monica Geller With This Friends-Themed Slow Cooker

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Channel Your Inner Chef Monica Geller With This Friends-Themed Slow Cooker

10 New Bird Species and Subspecies Discovered on Indonesian Islands

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7 Animals Named After Theodore Roosevelt

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Shocker: This Electric Eel Delivers More Voltage Than Any Creature on Earth

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10 Juicy Facts About Leeches

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Humongous, Chihuahua-Sized Species of Flying Squirrel Has Been Discovered in China

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Tourists Are Picking Apart Britain's Oldest Tree

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A Newly Discovered Species of Prehistoric Shark Was Named After the Video Game Galaga

Velizar Simeonovski, Field Museum

Bizarre New Species of Crabs and a Giant Sea Cockroach Discovered in Waters Off Indonesia

One known species of isopod, or "giant sea cockroach"

Scientists Name Brazilian Cave Spider After Aragog from Harry Potter

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After Years of Searching, Scientists Finally Found This Coconut-Cracking Giant Rat

© Velizar Simeonovski, The Field Museum

The ‘Yoda Bat’ Gets an Even Cuter Name

Deb Wright

Australian Scientists Discover First New Species of Sunfish in 125 Years

Courtesy Murdoch University