Atlantic and Baltic herring are typical plankton-eating fish of central importance for the northern Atlantic Ocean and Baltic Sea ecosystems. A new study published in Nature Communications led by ...

Sharks mostly eat other marine animals, often invertebrates, or plankton. Their diet consists of small fish, mollusks, crustaceans and sometimes bigger species like dolphins or sea lions. Most ...

A comparison of the fast-growing fish-eating Baltic herring (Slåttersill in Swedish) and slow-growing plankton-eating spring- and autumn-spawning Baltic herring. Photo: Leif Andersson. Atlantic ...

The anchovies we know today are small, plankton-eating fish that often flavor our Caesar salads and pizzas. But fossil records show that anchovies of yore were more formidable. An international ...

Ingesting microplastic can even kill plankton that are crucial sources of food to other marine life, including fish. This is because plankton cannot get a sufficient amount of food into their guts ...