California’s Bay Area may be a culinary hot spot for people, but food options for fish in the San Francisco Estuary have been ...

These charismatic animals power the marine world as we know it. Madison Goldberg The group of animals known as zooplankton is incredibly diverse. It’s populated by creatures that differ wildly in ...

With dwindling non-renewable fuel sources creating an enormous energy challenge, the search is on to develop sustainable, renewable types of energy such as solar, wind and biofuel. One of the recent ...

Odds are you aren't too familiar with the group of animals called zooplankton, which include copepods, krill and salps. On land, they're most commonly used as fish food. Underwater, however, they've ...

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Artistic depictions of zooplankton currently adorn the walls of UC San Diego’s Geisel Library, as well as the entrance of the Biomedical Library, thanks to a showcase created by UC San Diego biology ...

Scientists have found some of the smallest animals in the ocean are having a big impact in the fight against climate change. Data being collected from the deep waters of the Southern Ocean is allowing ...

Zooplankton like copepods aren’t just fish food—they’re carbon-hauling powerhouses. By diving deep into the ocean each winter, they’re secretly stashing 65 million tonnes of carbon far below the ...

Zooplankton are already emerging as a major biological pathway for microplastics to transport through marine ecosystems. With over 125 trillion microplastic particles estimated to have accumulated in ...