PROF. A. C. HARDY, whose recent appointment as Linacre professor of zoology and comparative anatomy at Oxford has been announced, is especially distinguished for his work in the sphere of oceanography ...

THE appearance of the letter in NATURE of Sept. 13, by J. C. Drummond and E. R. Gunther, on the vitamin content of marine plankton, simultaneously with the résumé on p. 423 of the same issue, of the ...

Whether it’s plankton exposed to parasites or people exposed to pathogens, a host’s initial immune response plays an integral role in determining whether infection occurs and to what degree it spreads ...

Tiny ocean plankton pull carbon dioxide out of the air during photosynthesis and stash it in the deeper ocean when they die. NASA scientists want to study this "twilight zone" when the CO2 ends up to ...

Manta rays were built for speed — and to filter feed. The aerodynamic ocean dwellers efficiently separate plankton from seawater using a previously unknown kind of filtration system that resists clogs ...

Only 170 million years ago, new plankton evolved. Their demand for carbon and calcium permanently transformed the seas as homes for life. Evolution is usually depicted as a consequence of the ...

That forests on land are a crucial element of the climate and biodiversity battle is pretty well appreciated. The magic ingredient here is chlorophyll which the trees and other plants use to activate ...