The two most prominent types of plankton in the ocean are zooplankton, which are tiny animal organisms, and phytoplankton, which are plantlike. (Other forms of plankton include bacterial and fungal.

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Scientists at The University of Texas at El Paso and Stanford University were recently surprised to find that the natural ...

At the same time, another migration is going on. Zooplankton – tiny aquatic animals – drift out of the shallows and settle into the lake’s basin. These animals, which range from the ...

Undersea mountains are key locations for predators—with 41 times more sharks than the open ocean, new research shows.

Zooplankton, the drifting ... Researchers observed various animal behaviors, including a particularly interesting reaction from the Galapagos tortoise, during the 2017 solar eclipse.

Unable to photosynthesise, as phytoplankton do, zooplankton instead consume phytoplankton, forming a link in the food chain between primary producers and larger animals such as fish. Zooplankton ...

When coral feed on larger quantities of zooplankton, it makes them stronger and more likely to be resilient against certain ...

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Scientists have developed a novel tool designed to protect and conserve coral reefs by providing them with an abundance of feeding opportunities.