Phytoplankton, tiny plant-like organisms in the ocean, are incredibly important for life on Earth. They're a major food source for many sea creatures and produce almost half the oxygen we breathe.

Scientists created a tool to study individual phytoplankton, helping predict climate effects and ocean health changes.

Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine environment—shaping and maintaining habitats that themselves sustain countless other forms ...

Projections of our future under climate change paint a picture of extreme weather and acidified oceans, a world many of today ...

Researchers are questioning what the most intelligent fish in the sea may be, after some fish have managed to pass the ...

Human-made structures act as artificial reefs, luring plankton and, in turn, Earth’s largest fish. That could put whale sharks at risk of ship strikes.

Within six months, plankton levels returned to normal ... Scientists believe that some of these impacts may have shaped human ...

What would happen if a 500-meter asteroid hit Earth? Scientists at the IBS Center for Climate Physics modeled the aftermath, ...

Karen abandons husband Plankton and attempts world domination on her own in the newest "SpongeBob" offshoot, which premieres on Netflix March 7. Photo courtesy of Nickelodeon Animation Studios ...

Anthropic Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei said that his AI startup is racing to secure the computing power needed to meet demand for its generative AI chatbot Claude. “The surge in demand ...

"A world in which human wages crash from AI — logically, necessarily — is a world in which productivity growth goes through the roof, and prices for goods and services crash to near zero ...

Discoveries in the past two decades have added new branches to the human family tree, including species such as the hobbit-like Homo floresiensis and the powerfully built Homo naledi. A pinkie ...