May 02 2024 16 mins
Welcome back, young scientists. I’m Dr. Universe. If you’re anything like me, you’ve got lots of big questions about our world.
Today we're talking about birds with Wes Dowd, a marine biologist and environmental physiologist at Washington State University.
- Learn about tiny crustaceans called copepods, which are a type of plankton— and rock out to this song about zooplankton
- Check out ocean mussels and their freshwater cousins
- Discover how to explore tide pools gently
Resources You Can Use
- Spend some time on the American Museum of Natural History's marine biology page
- Learn more about ocean plankton with Black in Marine Science
As always, submit burning questions at askdruniverse.wsu.edu. Who knows where your questions will take us next.