Swim along the edge of a coral reef and you'll often see schools of sleek, torpedo-shaped fishes gliding through the currents, feeding on tiny plankton from the water column. For ...

Swim along the edge of a coral reef and you’ll often see schools of sleek, torpedo-shaped fishes gliding through the currents, feeding on tiny plankton from the water column. For decades ...

There are three main types of plankton, Zimmerman said. One of the groups is phytoplankton. They convert sunlight into energy through a process called photosynthesis, which helps them grow.

Tiny plankton, many types never seen before, have been discovered in the deepest part of the ocean, nearly 11 kilometres below its surface. Several hundred foraminifera, single-celled organisms ...