Tiny ocean plankton pull carbon dioxide out of the air during photosynthesis and stash it in the deeper ocean when they die. NASA scientists want to study this "twilight zone" when the CO2 ends up to ...

With the lovely blanket of snow that we have on the ground, it is fun to see the squirrels and chipmunks making little ...

St. Petersburg, FL – Sediment on the bottom of the Gulf's floor is unlocking climate secrets stretching back thousands of years and microfossils are holding the records. Records of ancient ...

As planktonic organisms the larvae of the marine annelid Platynereis swim freely in the open water. They move by activity of their cilia, thousands of tiny hair-like structures forming a band along ...

DAZZLINGLY unusual, these images of marine creatures, comprising plankton and other organisms, illuminate a journey that happens every day under the cover of darkness – as detailed in the new book, ...

RECENT researches into the behaviour of plankton animals in the sea as to their vertical movements from day to day indicate that light intensity is an important factor. The animals appear in Nature to ...

Ecologist Paula Pappalardo hones strategies for identifying these critical ocean organisms Madison Goldberg Plankton such as hyperiids, a group of crustaceans known for their complex eyes, make up ...

That forests on land are a crucial element of the climate and biodiversity battle is pretty well appreciated. The magic ingredient here is chlorophyll which the trees and other plants use to activate ...

PROF. A. C. HARDY, whose recent appointment as Linacre professor of zoology and comparative anatomy at Oxford has been announced, is especially distinguished for his work in the sphere of oceanography ...

Whether it’s plankton exposed to parasites or people exposed to pathogens, a host’s initial immune response plays an integral role in determining whether infection occurs and to what degree it spreads ...

This unassuming plankton is a deadly predator. Polykrikos kofoidii is a dinoflagellate that eats other dinoflagellates. It captures them with tiny weapons called nematocysts, which are like harpoons ...

Only 170 million years ago, new plankton evolved. Their demand for carbon and calcium permanently transformed the seas as homes for life. Evolution is usually depicted as a consequence of the ...