Despite their microscopic size, plankton are crucial for marine ecosystems. They act as the base of the entire food chain in oceans and freshwater. Plankton are microscopic living organisms that drift ...

Plankton are the backbone of the ocean — and may struggle with what’s coming. A pair of papers in the journal Nature shows how plankton are struggling to survive in warming seas.

“Plankton” is one of the best SpongeBob productions in recent years, in large part because it keeps a lot of the energy of the original show. The computer animated style of the movie is standard for ...

Plankton are hardly the only marine creatures at risk. Over 40 percent of reef-building corals are at risk of going extinct, according to a report also released Wednesday by the International ...

Plankton may be tiny, but they play an important role in the ocean. As the foundation of marine ecosystems, they support ocean food webs and help regulate Earth's climate by storing carbon. While ...

Microscopic plankton are at the heart of the ocean’s food chain, feeding much bigger animals like whales.However, not much is known about how single-celled phytoplankton–most of which don’t ...

Beginning in 1899, the German biologist Ernst Haeckel, transcended the boundaries of art and nature with his extensive colour illustrations of plankton, including an entire volume devoted to the ...