Considering that I am a self-confessed Arachno-nerd (Arachnerd?), it would be thoroughly remiss of me not to mention the news of a newly-described species of trapdoor spider, Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi.
Numerous news outlets are picking up on this for the novelty angle that it's named in honour of Neil Young. Yahoo news, for instance, documents the discovery here. This of course dominates web coverage of the spider, so it's a little tricky to geek out on properly, but the East Carolina University, where the taxonomy work was done, has an official piece here.
One of these days, when I have time, I may try...