PolicySeptember 30, 2019
How to Get a Species Named after You
Being a celebrity or a friend of a zoologist helps. And if all else fails, cash is an option
Stories by Alison Koontz
Alison Koontz is a freelance science writer based in Los Angeles, and is currently pursuing a PhD in biology at Caltech. Her crowning achievement thus far is naming a tapeworm species after her mother (Carpobothrium eleanorae).