Polar plankton communities are among the most productive, seasonally dynamic and rapidly changing ecosystems in the global ocean. However, persistent cloud cover, periods of constant night and ...

Yet these tiny organisms — called plankton — may be unable to thrive in the rapidly warming oceans, according to a pair of new studies. The decline of these microscopic creatures puts huge ...

Some plankton cannot swim, but that doesn’t mean they can’t move. Now scientists have discovered that at least one species migrates towards the Sun by regulating its buoyancy like a submarine 1.

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.

Despite its name, the golden mussel isn't native to the Golden ... "When the mussels take over, plankton, zooplankton, that is food for native fish," Gonzalez said. Since October, the detection ...

SpongeBob SquarePants antagonist Plankton is finally claiming the spotlight with his own Netflix movie, which will debut in 2025. Netflix dropped a first-look image at Plankton: The Movie on X ...

The egotistical, aggressive, evil and power-hungry planktonic copepod –Plankton– from SpongeBob fame is getting his own Netflix movie as unveiled as part of the streamer’s Next on Netflix ...

In our new research, published today in Nature, we explored the ability of tiny marine organisms called plankton to adapt to global warming. Our conclusion: some plankton are less able to adapt ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Plankton is the name given to a collection of tiny sea life that lives in the ocean. These minute organisms may be ...