A fly named Brian
Article Abstract:
An overview is presented of the techniques employed by scientists for the naming of insects, which occasionally use puns and acronyms. Rock musicians including the Beatles have had species named after them, while a species of snail bears the name 'Ba humbugi'.
Publication Name: Nature Canada
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0374-9894
Year: 2001
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Of trilliums and trout flies: with spring wildflower names, meaning and lore often go hand in hand
Article Abstract:
Issues concerning the naming of spring wildflowers are discussed. In the case of bloodroot, the name comes from the reddish juice found in the roots and stem.
Publication Name: Nature Canada
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0374-9894
Year: 2000
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Names for sale
Article Abstract:
The Canadian Museum of Nature's Nature Discovery Fund will name a Canadian undescribed organism after anyone for $500. The organism is usually an insect.
Publication Name: Nature Canada
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0374-9894
Year: 2000
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: Genome researchers take the pledge: data sharing. Premature aging gene discovered
- Abstracts: Influx of industrial funding shifts balance on campus. Korean institute ponders role in global eradication efforts
- Abstracts: Accumulation of organochlorine pesticides and PCBs by semipermeable membrane devices and Mytilus edulis in New Bedford Harbor
- Abstracts: A thermodynamical theory of plastic spin and internal stress with dislocation density tensor. Application of the Taylor polycrystal plasticity model to complex deformation experiments
- Abstracts: How do dimples on golf balls affect their flight?. Making memories stick. Building a brainier mouse