Plankton are a collection of tiny organisms that live at and beneath the surface of lakes, rivers, ponds, and oceans across the planet. They’re named for the Greek word planktos, meaning to drift or ...

Some plankton cannot swim, but that doesn’t mean they can’t move. Now scientists have discovered that at least one species migrates towards the Sun by regulating its buoyancy like a submarine 1. The ...

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 ...

Which sounds impressive and interesting until, perhaps, you hear what is being studied—plankton. Plankton are not commonly considered a charismatic part of creation; even the name sounds nerdy.

A major red tide event occurred in waters off Southern California in the spring of 2020, resulting in dazzling displays of bioluminescence along the coast. The spectacle was caused by exceedingly high ...

Researchers suggest that rising levels of humanmade chemicals, accumulating in marine plankton, might be used to monitor the impact of human activity on ecosystem health and perhaps study links ...

An unusually dense plankton bloom off the eastern coast of Thailand is creating an aquatic "dead zone", threatening the livelihood of local fishermen who farm mussels in the waters.

The amount of carbon stored by microscopic plankton will increase in the coming century, predict researchers. The amount of carbon stored by microscopic plankton will increase in the coming century, ...