Dolly Parton, Taylor Swift, and more celebrities with species named after them

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A side-by-side of Jimmy Buffett playing guitar on stage and the yellow Cayo margarita snail under the sea.
In honor of Jimmy Buffett’s “Margaritaville,” scientists named this yellow snail Cayo margarita.

Hal Horowitz/WireImage/Getty Images; R. Bieler

Naming a species after a celebrity may do more harm than good

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A side-by-side image of Taylor Swift looking over her shoulder and the Nannaria swiftae millipede
Taylor Swift had a millipede named in her honor. How does the millipede feel about it?

Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images; Dr. Derek Hennen

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