Stories by Aditee Mitra

Aditee Mitra specializes in mixotroph and zooplankton research and is a plankton systems dynamics modeler. She is a senior lecturer in bioscience at Swansea University in Wales and a visiting professor at the Free University of Brussels. For the latest mixotroph news, visit www.mixotroph.org Credit: Nick Higgins

Biology

Tiny Creatures, Part Plant and Part Animal, May Control the Fate of the Planet

Mixotrophs, tiny sea creatures that hunt like animals but grow like plants, can change everything from fish populations to rates of global warming

March 20, 2018 — Aditee Mitra

Biology

Strange Hybrid Killers, Growing Like Plants and Eating Like Animals, Rule the Oceans

Tiny "mixotrophs," which engulf living prey, suck out their innards, and steal body parts, are changing a century of marine biology

November 3, 2016 — Aditee Mitra