After the asteroid smashed into Earth around 66 million years ago, it didn't take life that long to rebound, a new study ...

Companies around the world are racing to patent the genetic building blocks of plankton – microscopic ocean life that ...

Marine organisms play a crucial role in the global carbon cycle. Phytoplankton absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and sequester it in organic matter that sinks to the deep ocean where it can be ...

An assemblage showing the diversity of different zooplankton species from around the world. Credit: Credit: Hannah Gossner, BIOS/UNH Every day, as the sun sets, billions of small animals make their ...

Learn how the emergence of new plankton species started life's swift recovery after the asteroid impact that killed most ...

Plankton are a diverse group of marine organisms, which are carried by tides and currents. Most are microscopic, but there are some larger plankton, such as some types of jellyfish. Phytoplankton are ...

The impact of the asteroid in present-day Yucatan wiped out almost all life on Earth. It recovered faster than previously ...

Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 65, No. 4 (April 2020), pp. 694-706 (13 pages) Predators can strongly affect prey communities, but their influence may be difficult to distinguish from bottom-up and ...