David Bowie's SpiderConstant Wonder • Season 2022, Episode 975, Segment 3
Apr 26, 2021 • 8m
From Spongiforma Squarepantsii to Heteropoda davidbowie, scientists sometimes have a bit of fun naming the creatures they discover.
Guest: Stephen B. Heard, Professor of Biology at the University of New Brunswick and author of “Charles Darwin’s Barnacle and David Bowie’s Spider: How Scientific Names Celebrate Adventurers, Heroes, and Even a Few Scoundrels”
