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.

Swim along the edge of a coral reef and you'll often see schools of sleek, torpedo-shaped fishes gliding through the currents ...

Archaea—one of the three primary domains of life alongside bacteria and eukaryotes—are often overlooked and sometimes ...

When subjected to physical pressure, archaea - ancient single-celled organisms - form multicellular structures.

In a recent study, researchers gained new insight into the lives of bacteria that survive by grouping together as if they ...

Plankton collected in the Pacific Ocean with a 0.1 mm mesh net. This is a mixture of multicellular organisms -- small zooplanktonic animals, larvae and single cell protists (diatoms ...

Ever since Charles Darwin, scientists have assumed species facing the same problem often evolve similar traits. But that’s ...