Scientists Debate Whether to Rename Bug Named After Adolf Hitler

A. hitleri A fierce debate has reportedly erupted over whether it's time to give Anophthalmus hitleri (A. hitleri), an unfortunate Slovenian beetle that was named by an Adolf Hitler-admiring researcher back in 1930s — in addition to the many other critters that happen to be named after history's worst people — a new, less genocide-y […]

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