A tiny, obscure animal often sold as aquarium food has been quietly protecting our planet from global warming by undertaking ...

A tiny, obscure animal often sold as aquarium food has been quietly protecting our planet from global warming by undertaking ...

A new study in collaboration with BAS scientists reveals for the first time that zooplankton migration contributes ...

Tiny ocean zooplankton play a massive role in trapping carbon deep below the surface, offering a hidden buffer against ...

Not much attention is paid to plankton because these creatures are usually hidden from sight. They are mostly microscopic in size and live in aquatic environments, but human lives are intricately ...

Virtually all protein in aquatic ecosystems comes from plankton. Some are used as supplements, such as or from krill or copepods.

A plan to restore fish passage in the Blackstone River still faces obstacles over funding and questions over working with ...

The river roars in the heat of the summer. The water is clear and cool, and a respite from the high sun. An angler leans back ...

By the middle of the last century, economic forces had shut down many of the Blackstone Valley’s mills. But it wasn’t until passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972 that the river started to ...

"They've been hanging on by their flipper-tips for tens of decades." Experts baffled by unprecedented behavior of critically ...