On average, phytoplankton are only five to 10 percent heavier than seawater. This means if they want to remain at the surface ...

Taking in seawater while filtering out dense salts lets unicellular phytoplankton migrate tens of meters vertically toward sunnier seas.

Plankton form the basis of the food web in oceans and new research shows that the level of phytoplankton in Rhode Island’s ...

Many plankton journey from the cold, dark depths of our oceans to the surface, only to eventually drift down again into the ...

But what scientists have assumed for many years to be plant plankton (phytoplankton) may actually be voracious predators. In ...

They found that some species of grazing zooplankton, daphnia, which are an important source of food for fish, were particularly vulnerable. Phytoplankton diatoms were also severely impacted.

The diversity patterns are taxon-specific and fluctuate seasonally. - Multiple taxa should be included in the biomonitoring ...

A recent discovery about "marine snow" is altering our theories on how Earth's oceans store carbon and help mitigate climate ...

Plankton is the name given to a collection of tiny sea life that lives in the ocean. These minute organisms may be small, but they have a big role to play in maintaining the health of our oceans.

Researchers have discovered that the bioluminescent phytoplankton Pyrocystis noctiluca can rapidly inflate, allowing them to ...

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 ...