Being able to multiply the species in a lab revealed information about its hunting technique and bioluminescence and opened ...

Scientists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography have uncovered new insights into the bioluminescence of a unique species of marine plankton that feeds on other plankton, including the ...

Researchers in the UK have shown how the distributions of two phytoplankton groups—known to produce natural toxins that can ...

Plankton, found in lakes, oceans, steams, and rivers, are the lungs of the planet.

Global temperature records are expected to exceed the 1.5 °C threshold for the first time this year. This has happened much sooner than predicted. So can life on the planet adapt quickly enough? In ...

Based on current Earth models, which project warming seas and nutrient depletion, scientists widely believe that phytoplankton biomass will decline in the future. However, a new study from scientists ...

Plankton are tiny, microscopic marine organisms that represent the very bottom of the food chain. Some are photosynthetic and others graze on bacteria and other plankton, but no plankton species can ...

A groundbreaking study in a leading scientific journal is offering a broader picture of plankton life in the Gulf of Mexico. Dr. Kelly L. Robinson, an assistant professor of biology at the University ...

Nearly century-old studies of marine plankton and the rise of manmade chemicals found in the ocean could be used to measure the impact on human activity on ecosystem health as well as study chronic ...

TAMPA, Fla. (Oct. 1, 2025) – A team of scientists has uncovered a rare isotope in microscopic fossils, offering fresh evidence that ocean ecosystems may be more resilient than once feared. In a new ...

Scientists investigate the bioluminescence of an unusual dinoflagellate that uses harpoon-like structures to snare prey, including toxic, bloom-forming plankton Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps ...