The Legendary Birds from the original Pokemon games have received an unexpected new honor. Earlier this year, Dr. Darren Pollack and Yun Hsiao named three newly discovered beetle species after ...
Surprisingly enough, Pollock and Hsaio’s beetles follow in some interesting footsteps. Not too many extant animal species inherit the names of video game creatures, granted. But the phenomenon has ...
A research paper published this week described three newly-identified insects named according to their rarity. Courtesy of Pokemon-loving scientists, these three Australian beetles were given the ...