A new study suggests the world's oxygen-depleted seas may have a chance of returning to higher oxygen concentrations in the ...

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 ...

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

SpongeBob SquarePants antagonist Plankton is finally claiming the spotlight with his own Netflix movie, which will debut in 2025. Netflix dropped a first-look image at Plankton: The Movie on X/Twitter ...

Ocean warming caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions will prompt many species of marine plankton to seek out new habitats, in some cases as a matter of survival. Researchers expect many ...

Tiny armor-covered creatures that float along with the ocean's currents may adapt and survive, if badly, as their watery world warms and becomes more acidic, a new study finds. Even so, the plankton ...

Ryo Minemizu shows a world most people don't even know exists: the world of microscopic plankton. His photos raise awareness about the tiny creatures that play an important role in the food chain. His ...