In 2008, when an orange-haired, ornately patterned spider was found in Malaysia, it was named Heteropoda davidbowie. In 2010 a whale fossil made a splash when it was dubbed Leviathan melvillei.

Lam Soon Tak (Malaysia) spots a vibrantly coloured David Bowie spider carrying an egg sac. Lam was exploring the highlands of Malaysia when he came across this spider perched on broken branches beside ...

Scientists have discovered a mind-controlling fungus that turns spiders into ‘zombies’—and it’s been named after Sir David ...