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 ...

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 Flynn ...

Imagine stepping into a world where the ocean glows under your fingertips, where every wave sparkles like liquid starlight, ...

That forests on land are a crucial element of the climate and biodiversity battle is pretty well appreciated. The magic ingredient here is chlorophyll which the trees and other plants use to activate ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Plenty of animals leap out of the water: whales, dolphins, flying ...

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 ...

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 ...