Auke-Florian is great. He's a talented presenter in addition to being a scientist. In The Netherlands, he is sometimes flown in for sciency sound bites on national television. Memorable hair, indeed. https://youtu.be/UgnK483jiDE
What does the NYTimes article add to the previous article at naturalis.nl other than a paywall?
Better pictures. I read the naturalis article and had no real clue what I was looking at.