Newly-discovered freaky flatworm with hammerhead is named after COVID

Behold, Humbertium covidum! Scientists from the National Museum of Natural History, France and colleagues named this newly-discovered predatory flatworm 'as homage to the numerous casualties worldwide of the COVID-19 pandemic,' they write in their research paper. 'Furthermore, a large part of this study was written during the lockdowns.' — Read the rest