Plankton are vital to planetary and climate stability and are therefore important contributors to human well-being.

Plankton profoundly affect communities bordering water, but also those further away through plankton-inspired art and design. Finally, living nature highlights the physical, mental and spiritual ...

A tiny, obscure animal often sold as aquarium food has been quietly protecting our planet from global warming by undertaking ...

The theme music alone of the classic film Jaws is scary but the dramatic footage of the giant fish itself, albeit a ...

“Eating the shrimp’s digestive tract doesn’t make you sick—as long as you cook it thoroughly,” says Dr. Love. That means ...

Scientists have discovered Sukunaarchaeum mirabile, a unique archaeon residing within marine plankton, challenging traditional definitions of life. Th ...

It has genes for ribosomes, tRNAs, and mRNAs. These components are the scaffolding of life: the tools by which cells read ...

The artist’s show at Kunsthall Trondheim probes the stories we tell ourselves about oil – and proposes new ones ...

The photo of a courageous mother lemur with a baby on her back, taking a harrowing jump in a ravine, won the California ...

The average whale shark measures about 30 feet long, with a mouth stretching nearly 5-feet across. The largest whale sharks ...

A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally ...

Because they rely on hosts for a majority of functions, viruses aren’t considered alive. But entities like ‘Sukunaarchaeum ...