Researchers have successfully revived algae that remained dormant underneath sediment at the bottom of the Baltic Sea for ...

A new paper in PNAS shows that the idea of “taking turns” could help resolve the 1960s paradox of the plankton — and better ...

Many phytoplankton are microscopic, and they range from single-celled algae to bacteria to protists, which aren’t plants or animals. One thing they all have in common: They require sunlight.

the phytoplankton specimens did not lose any of their "fitness" or biological performance ability, Bolius said in a statement. Even the oldest algae isolates can still actively produce oxygen ...

The oceans teem with photosynthesizing bacteria, tiny-tailed dinoflagellates gobbling other plankton, algae surrounded by intricate glass skeletons. In the 1960s, the ecologist G. Evelyn ...

If the authors’ conclusions are right, then these microbes are indeed algae, even though they seem to lack the group’s most notable feature: plastids, a group of organelles that includes chloroplasts.

Fossil plankton from half a billion years ago. These tiny algae measure much less than a millimetre in size. They evolved their colonial structure to avoid being eaten by early animals.

Handfuls of California sea lions are getting sick from domoic acid poisoning that stems from algae. If you haven't heard of ...

Carbon dioxide also dissolves in seawater, where it is absorbed by seagrasses and algae. Seagrasses, which are plants adapted to live in the sea, are different from kelp and other algae in that ...

Toxic algae blooms have plagued popular beaches and rivers in the past. Over the last several years, toxic algae in Lady Bird Lake has made the water unsafe and has been responsible for the deaths ...