One of the hardest-working organisms in the ocean is the tiny, emerald-tinged Prochlorococcus marinus. These single-celled ...

Underwater robots, combined with simple instruments from 100 years ago, are helping researchers unlock the secrets of ...

One Earth satellite can see plankton that photosynthesize. The other measures water surface height. Together, their data ...

Phytoplankton have been essential Earth life for over 35 billion years. Through photosynthesis, they consume carbon dioxide ...

New research by the UK's National Oceanography Centre reveals hidden ocean processes and challenges the role of diatoms in ...

Giant worms are discovered living in cavities under the ocean floor in hydrothermal systems, expanding knowledge of ...

A new UK National Oceanography Centre (NOC)-led study has put a major question mark over the role a unique group of tiny ...

THE fact that there is in every ocean a zone of minimum oxygen is of ... the biological activity of the fauna and especially of the plankton. The facts that we possess regarding this problem ...

Satellite images from late December 2024 revealed a stunning phytoplankton bloom off the Patagonian Shelf, illustrating the ...

A new study has revealed that some of the ocean's tiniest fish are having an outsized impact when it comes to helping the ...

The soft, cylindrical sea cucumber looks like a vegetable — and in some countries, it's a delicacy because of its nutritional ...