A strange image of SpongeBob SquarePants’ Plankton has become a viral meme on TikTok. This has greatly intrigued fans who are now curious about this “cursed” meme and what it entails. Fans also wish ...

This week at the Oceanarium, I was stopped short while explaining that the eggs from a crab hatch into larval stages and become plankton. The question that stopped me was, “What is plankton?” Now, my ...

They drift aimlessly at sea, soaking up sunlight from the sky and nutrients from the deep. Often invisible to the naked eye, these tiny invertebrates form the hidden backbone of ocean ecosystems.

Over the years, athletes have modeled their psychological approaches to athletic competition after everything from tigers to assassins to bunny rabbits. This season, Auburn football players are ...

Dolphins and whales may attract a lot of attention when they leap dramatically out of the water. But aquatic animals thousands of times smaller are accomplished jumpers, too. Their acrobatics often go ...

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A team of scientists has uncovered a rare isotope in microscopic fossils, offering fresh evidence that ocean ecosystems may be more resilient than once feared.

Phytoplankton are microscopic plants floating around in marine and aquatic ecosystems that produce 50-80% of the world’s oxygen. Besides providing food for countless other organisms, they are so ...

Behind closed doors at the Shedd Aquarium, green, orange and red water bubbles and gurgles in carefully organized jars and vats up to 5 feet high. In this water, microscopic organisms live, thrive and ...

Mr. Plankton is an upcoming South Korean comedy series. The plot revolves around Hae-jo, who believes that his life is as uneventful and colorless as that of a plankton. He desperately hopes to fall ...

Tina Walsh is going fishing on the Hudson. Not with a rod and reel, but a tow net made of fine mesh with a collection vial at the bottom. Hudson River Park's senior director of Education and Outreach ...