Scientists created a tool to study individual phytoplankton, helping predict climate effects and ocean health changes.

Phytoplankton, tiny plant-like organisms in the ocean, are incredibly important for life on Earth. They're a major food ...

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

ROCKVILLE, MD – Phytoplankton, tiny plant-like organisms in the ocean, are incredibly important for life on Earth. They're a ...

A CSIR study analysing 26 years of satellite data reveals how ocean warming is significantly reducing ocean productivity ...

Seamounts attract sharks and marine predators, with 41 times more sharks than open waters. These mountains act as social hubs ...

Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine environment—shaping and maintaining habitats that themselves sustain countless other forms ...

As crews work to remove potentially hundreds of thousands of tons of hazardous materials from the Los Angeles wildfires, ...

Just as the human body serves as a habitat for bacteria and other microbes, diverse, tiny organisms known as protists host ...

A recent theory proposes that whales weren’t just predators in the ocean environment: Nutrients that whales excreted may have ...

A new study reveals a troubling decline in ocean productivity, posing serious threats to fisheries and the planet’s climate ...