“Aye-aye, captain!” would be the proper response from any ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ fan. But you don’t have to dive millions of nautical miles to Bikini Bottom to immerse yourself into the animated ...

Data collected by Earth-orbiting satellites and oceangoing trawlers suggest that juvenile haddock off Nova Scotia are more abundant in years when plankton populations peak earlier than normal.

This patch of ocean, off the eastern coast of Thailand, has been dubbed a 'dead zone.' According to researchers, no animals can survive here due to the growth of plankton. While normal amounts of the ...

Likely measuring more than 5 meters (16 ft) in length, Titanichthys was a giant armored fish that swam the oceans 380 million years ago. It may sound intimidating, but new research suggests that it ...

EXPERTS BEFORE THE FIRST SAMPLES ARE TAKEN TOMORROW. BEHIND ME IS THE LAKE GUARDIAN, THE EPA’S RESEARCH VESSEL THAT WILL BE EXPLORING THE GREAT LAKES FOR A MONTH, FINDING WHAT THE WATER QUALITY IS ...

The flashlight fish uses bioluminescent light to detect and feed on its planktonic prey, according to a study published February 8, 2017 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Jens Hellinger from Ruhr ...

In lieu of shark week I thought it would be prudent to give everyone some useful information. So, about a week ago I heard from several people that a basking shark was sighted off Hampton Beach. In ...

Climate change may be depriving juvenile fish of their most crucial early food source by throwing off the synchronization of when microscopic plants known as phytoplankton bloom and when fish hatch, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract ABSTRACT: Plankton community composition changes in response to nutrient enrichment were examined at 2 sites in the eastern Mediterranean.