The BBC’s Planet Earth and SpongeBob Squarepants have teamed up for a nifty little video where they explained a vital living creature whose existence we may have taken for granted. As one of the ...

Fuzzy mammals, chirping birds and other hallmarks of children's books are absent in "Adventures of Captain Fishhook Waterflea: the Invasion of Lake Champlain." Its creators want to get the word out ...

Planktonportal is a new online citizen science project to engage the public’s help in identifying planktonic creature images collected by an underwater robotic camera. Plankton is the basis of our ...

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 ...

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.

Oceanic plankton have largely disappeared from the waters off Northern California, Oregon and Washington, mystifying scientists, stressing fisheries and causing widespread seabird mortality. The ...

Scientists created a soft robot filled with algae that sparkles, and they plan to use it to explore the dark depths of the ocean. The bioluminescent plankton, called a dinoflagellate, glows bright ...

Plankton is so hot right now. You may have heard about the stuff that floats around the sea---tiny plant-like organisms called phytoplankton and beasties like small crustaceans called ...