🌈 Dr Ross Brooks (@rossbrooks.co.uk)

Tiny parasitic wasp named after David Attenborough for his 100th birthday Specimen from 1983 lay forgotten at Natural History Museum until recently, when spotted by a volunteer and identified as new genus He has lizards, bats, frogs, weevils, flatworms, snails and spiders named after him. But now Sir David Attenborough can celebrate his 100th birthday with an entirely new genus named in his honour. Scientists from the Natural History Museum in London have paid tribute to the world-renowned broadcaster for his 100th birthday on 8 May by describing a new genus of parasitic wasp and a new species found within the museum’s collections. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/may/07/tiny-parasitic-wasp-named-after-david-attenborough-100th-birthday-attenboroughnculus-tau?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu