The Guardian Australia
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Tiny parasitic wasp named after David Attenborough for his 100th birthday
Scientists at London's Natural History Museum named a new parasitic wasp genus after David Attenborough for his 100th birthday on May 8. Attenboroughnculus tau, discovered in a museum drawer after being collected in Chile in 1983, measures just 3.5mm long and features a distinctive T-shaped marking. The discovery highlights thousands of undescribed species hiding in museum collections worldwide.
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