How a Weird Bug Found in Canada might Revolutionize ZoologyConstant Wonder • Season 2022, Episode 146, Segment 3
Apr 12, 2019 • 22m
How a Weird Bug Found in Canada might Revolutionize Zoology
Guest: Alastair Simpson, Professor of Biology, Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
After centuries of evading biologists' ever-expanding knowledge of life on earth, a number of hemimastigotes, tiny microscopic organisms, have been captured by a group of biologists in Nova Scotia. After a bit of study, the biologists realized they weren't just dealing with a new kingdom like animals or fungi, but an entirely new branch on the tree of life.