Plankton are an important food source for many large and small ocean creatures. They also play a vital role in absorbing carbon dioxide and producing oxygen in the ocean. The two most prominent ...

It's spring, the sun is shining and something is about to happen with the plankton in the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean.

Plankton is the name given to a collection of tiny sea life that lives in the ocean ... but they are responsible for much of the food that we eat and even the air that we breathe.

Blue whales eat by filtering seawater through their ... Scientists estimate there are around 100,000 plankton species in the sea. Plankton communities vary throughout the Earth's seas and oceans ...

Scientists created a tool to study individual phytoplankton, helping predict climate effects and ocean health changes.

These plants are at the beginning of most of the ocean's food chains. Look! A right whale having its dinner. Whales are the biggest animals in the world and most only eat plankton, one of the ...