Nothing unifies a generation quite like cartoons. The Silent Generation has Mickey Mouse. Baby Boomers have Bugs Bunny. And Millennials? We have SpongeBob SquarePants. Created by Stephen Hillenburg ...

Eukaryotic plankton are an essential and highly diverse component of marine ecosystems. A research team has established their global geographic distribution using DNA data and a probabilistic model.

Plankton may be tiny, but they play an important role in the ocean. As the foundation of marine ecosystems, they support ocean food webs and help regulate Earth's climate by storing carbon. While lab ...

When Does Plankton: The Movie Come Out? Plankton: The Movie will be releasing worldwide with Netflix beginning on March 7th. Featuring Marc Ceccarelli and Vincent Waller as executive producers, ...

I’m not going to even attempt to discern why Netflix stakes claim to SpongeBob SquarePants spinoff movies like this new one, Plankton: The Movie, or last year’s Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks ...

SpongeBob SquarePants antagonist Plankton is finally claiming the spotlight with his own Netflix movie, which will debut in 2025. Netflix dropped a first-look image at Plankton: The Movie on X/Twitter ...

"The big mystery about plankton is what controls its distribution and abundance, and what conditions lead to big plankton blooms," said Dennis McGillicuddy, Senior Scientist and Department Chair in ...

Plankton are an incredibly important part of the ocean. Phytoplanton form the base of the marine food web and zooplankton include an incredible variety of organisms, from curious critters called ...

There’s a long-standing conundrum in ecology called the paradox of the plankton. Famously articulated by ecologist George Evelyn Hutchinson in 1961, the paradox explores how odd it is that there are ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Microscopic plankton are at the heart of the ocean’s food chain ...

Some dinoflagellate plankton species are bioluminescent, with a remarkable ability to produce light to make themselves and the water they swim in glow. Now, researchers have found that for one ...