Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Radiolaria, a type of ocean plankton, pictured in symbiosis with microalgae. Plankton’s genetic makeup is drawing growing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plankton are positively microscopic, but their importance to the planet is anything but. Unfortunately, they are now at risk due ...

Each year, vast blooms of phytoplankton spread across the Southern Ocean, drawing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and fueling Antarctica’s marine food web. For decades, scientists have attributed ...

It's spring, the sun is shining and something is about to happen with the plankton in the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean.

This week at the Oceanarium, I was stopped short while explaining that the eggs from a crab hatch into larval stages and become plankton. The question that stopped me was, “What is plankton?” Now, my ...

Tiny, single-celled phytoplankton called Prochlorococcus marinus shed specific molecular building blocks that feed vast ...

Plankton are a diverse group of marine organisms, which are carried by tides and currents. Most are microscopic, but there are some larger plankton, such as some types of jellyfish. Phytoplankton are ...

Phytoplankton are key players in the ocean carbon cycle. Comprised of a variety of microscopic photosynthesizing bacteria, algae, and other single-cell organisms, phytoplankton form the base of marine ...

A new study, led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Columbia University, identifies a diverse set of ...

Rui Ying received funding from China Scholarship Council for this study. Daniela Schmidt received funding from NERC. She is a member of NERC Science Committee and the council of the Palaeontological ...