We all know the amazing job that bees and birds, as pollinators, do for the planet. But have you heard about the humble copepod? Copepods can be as small as the tip of a needle and have been compared ...

Copepods are among the most important organisms in the ocean. The millimeter-small animals are food for many fish species and are therefore of central importance for life in the sea. Marine biologists ...

Dating on land may be unpleasant, but for microscopic sea animals, searching for a mate in the sea is like looking for a needle in a haystack, where the haystack is the size of Mount Everest. Consider ...

The world's oceans are becoming increasingly stressful places for marine life, and experts are working to understand what this means for the future. From rising temperatures; to acidification as more ...

An international research team, including Dr. Nancy Mercado Salas from the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), has described a new family of copepods (Copepoda). The ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Tiny oceangoing animals called copepods have developed special skills to find their favorite ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American ON THE ICEBREAKER HEALY IN THE BERING SEA (at ...

Learn how researchers used underwater cameras and hydrophones to observe life moving naturally through one of the least studied ecosystems beneath Arctic ice. At first glance, the footage looks almost ...

I sealed polluted drain water inside a jar for 100 days, creating a closed aquatic ecosystem filled with life. Over time, ...

Shrimp-like critters the size of fleas could be the champion jumpers of the animal kingdom, scientists now reveal. After analyzing high-speed video of three species of crustaceans known as copepods, ...