The neurotoxin domoic acid has been detected in an algae bloom off the coast for the fourth year in a row, and this one is ...

Large copepods are eaten by larval fish, which scientists also classify as plankton since they are too weak and small to swim ...

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

Most of a kokanee’s diet consists of plankton, which are small, aquatic organisms barely visible to the human eye. Plankton ...

Plankton are a collection of tiny organisms ... phytoplankton form the base of aquatic food webs. Small fish, crustaceans, and zooplankton feed on phytoplankton. Those creatures are then eaten ...

marine-plastic-ocean-fish-microplasticThe naturally oily surface slicks in which many ocean fish come of age are rich in plankton and other ... Fish larvae small as ladybugs darted about.

This is because "salmon feed on algae and plankton, which are rich sources ... of consuming salmon and other omega-3-rich fish outweigh the small risks from these pollutants," Martin says.

and small extendable jaws for suction-feeding. But our new study, published in Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, shows there is more nuance to this story. We found plankton-feeding fishes don ...