{
  "id": 19418161,
  "title": "Scientists anchor first scientific animal name to a modern-day spider",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/scientists-anchor-first-scientific-animal-name-to-a-modern-day-spider",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-10T23:50:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-11-scientists-anchor-scientific-animal-modern.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Scientists led by the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History have restored the physical reference of one of the most historically significant names in biology. In a paper published in Taxonomy, researchers designated a new type specimen, or neotype, for Araneus angulatus, the first animal species described using binomial nomenclature, the two-part naming system that scientists use today…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}