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 ...

Zooplankton are one of the most diverse and abundant groups of organisms on Earth and they play an essential role in the marine food chain. Unable to photosynthesise, as phytoplankton do ...

Researchers at Rice University have uncovered a critical link between rising temperatures and declines in a species' population, shedding new light on how global warming threatens natural ecosystems.

In an innovative effort to combat climate change, a Dartmouth-led study has proposed a method that employs trillions of microscopic zooplankton to accelerate the ocean’s natural carbon removal ...

Scientists are gaining new insights into how plankton supports life on Earth — just as climate change is changing everything. Scientists are gaining new insights into how plankton supports life ...

HUMANS live in a plankton world. These minuscule organisms blanket the oceans, covering nearly three-quarters of the planet, ...

De-icing road salts — even those marketed as environmentally friendly — may harm important freshwater plankton, a new ...

Four examples of instruments currently used for automated imaging methods in plankton monitoring: A - The Plankton Imager (Pi-10; Plankton Analytics), consists of a high-speed camera that images ...

I would be thrilled to report that I loved “Plankton: The Movie,” a “SpongeBob SquarePants” spinoff film. I'd love to say that it is the cinematic hit of the spring. Alas, I cannot.