These huge blooms sink to the sea floor when the plankton die, transporting carbon to the deep sea and helping to fight climate change. While plankton blooms like this are usually natural ...

A rare oarfish, often called the "doomsday fish," was spotted in Mexico—just days after another deep-sea creature, a deep-sea ...

[New Paper] Meet Delectopecten thermus, a new species of Glass Scallop from a deep-sea hot vent in Okinawa Trough, Japan! We ...

1931-1946 (16 pages) We used amino acid (AA) compound-specific isotope analysis (δ15NAA and δ13CAA values) of midwater zooplankton and suspended particles ... and small mesozooplankton in the central ...

Zooplankton also store carbon from the atmosphere, which, when excreted by these organisms, for instance, can sink into the deep ocean, thus transporting carbon and locking it away. Without this ...

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

Deep-sea oarfish and anglerfish sightings near shores fuel speculation about impending disasters, but scientists remain ...

can survive in both shallow waters and the deep ocean. They use their tube feet to eat tiny bits of algae and decaying organisms on the sea floor or plankton closer to the surface. The smallest ...