Zooplankton seen under a microscope at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay ... is throwing plankton ...

A frightening phenomenon that's making seawater more acidic, spelling disaster for many marine animals, from plankton and coral up the food chain to sea stars ... with ripple effects throughout the ...

Every animal and plant needs food ... chains usually start with a plant and finish with a big hungry animal… The longest recorded food chain involves over thirty organisms found in the deep ocean.

Pteropods are tiny snails that are found throughout the oceans and are an important link in the marine food web. They’re gobbled ... Sea Otters: Effects of ocean acidification will be felt up the food ...

Sustainable fisheries target plentiful species, including those smaller and lower on the food chain, because they can reproduce quickly to sustain their populations. They also mandate ...

If they die, there’ll be fewer big fish—and that could rattle the food chain. marine-plastic-ocean-fish-microplasticThe naturally oily surface slicks in which many ocean fish come of age are ...