Ep. 77 - Mite-y Cool: The Amazing, Unseen World of Feather Mites

In this episode, Bill and Steve dive into a tiny, bustling world - a world that’s hiding on the feathers of the birds we see every day. Joining them is Dr. Alix Matthews , postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University at Buffalo , and she reveals the strange lives of feather mites — how these barely-visible hitchhikers feed and get around and whether or…