Biologist Discovers New Spider Species, Yakama Elder Names It
July 23, 2026
July 23, 2026
PORTLAND, Oregon, July 23 -- Lewis and Clark College posted the following news:
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Biologist Discovers New Spider Species, Yakama Elder Names It
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Greta Binford is a leading arachnologist. Her work on spider biodiversity, venom, and evolutionary genetics has inspired the name of not one, not two, not three, but four spider species: Loxosceles binfordae, native to the Ecuadorian Andes; Hexophthalma binfordae, a Namibian six-eyed sand spider; . . .
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Biologist Discovers New Spider Species, Yakama Elder Names It
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Greta Binford is a leading arachnologist. Her work on spider biodiversity, venom, and evolutionary genetics has inspired the name of not one, not two, not three, but four spider species: Loxosceles binfordae, native to the Ecuadorian Andes; Hexophthalma binfordae, a Namibian six-eyed sand spider; . . .