Plankton are a collection of tiny organisms that live at and beneath the surface of lakes, rivers, ponds, and oceans across the planet. They’re named for the Greek word planktos, meaning to ...

Plankton Haven’t Been the Same Since the Industrial Revolution Changes in plankton populations over the past centuries correlate with rising sea temperatures ...

Out today is "Plankton: Wonders of the Drifting World," a positively stunning book that features some of the most intriguing, most beautiful plankton around.

But some plankton can jump, and others can’t, a puzzle that has confronted scientists for years. Now, there might be an answer. Like a lot of things in nature, ...

Creating new scientific models of plankton is "critical" to understanding the scale of global climate change, a new paper argues. The article, led by Plymouth Marine Laboratory's Professor Kevin ...