From there, the food chain kicks in. Phytoplankton (the lowest rung) are eaten by small animals known as zooplankton, zooplankton are eaten by small fish, small fish are eaten by bigger fish ...

which in turn is eaten by zooplankton. That leaves little food for the tiny beasties in the benthos that the whales and other animals thrive on. Retreating sea ice also means more open water ...

Around 30 North Atlantic right whales and some humpback whales were spotted feeding near the eastern end of the Cape Cod Canal on April 15. One right whale briefly entered the canal, causing a ...

Plankton can be plant-based or animal-based. Phytoplankton are tiny plants, while zooplankton are small animals, including the larvae of larger animals. Swimming around with their huge mouths open, ...

Whales eat krill, shrimp, zooplankton, phytoplankton, algae, squid, octopuses, sharks, and much more. Many of the largest whales in the world are happy to simply eat lots of the smallest creatures in ...

There was a total of 57 taxa, 52 from control, and 38 from harvested plots. Across all the samples the crustacean taxa of Amphipoda and Ostracoda and the Polychaete families Orbiniidae/Paraoniidae ...