Gonzalo Giribet and Researchers Discover Arachnid Trapped in Amber
Gonzalo Giribet is one of two teams of researchers that discovered four specimens of the new arachnid, Chimerarachne yingi. The discovery and study findings of the Chimerarachne yingi -- an ancient relative of spiders that had eight legs, fangs and a scorpion whip-like tail -- are published in two papers in Nature Ecology & Evolution. Media: New York Times, The Washington Post, Nature