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Attenborough’s Beauty

Behind the Science

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Episode  ·  17:10  ·  Oct 20, 2021

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"Attenborough’s Beauty" was on display in the Denver Museum of Nature & Science’s Prehistoric Journey exhibition for decades waiting to be identified. Frank Krell, Denver Museum of Nature & Science Senior Curator of Entomology, and Francesco Vitali, National Museum of Natural History of Luxembourg Invertebrate Zoology Collections Curator, worked together to identify this new species. Hear the story of how this magnificent beetle received it's new name, "Attenborough’s Beauty".

17m 10s  ·  Oct 20, 2021

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