A recent groundbreaking study has revealed an astonishing natural event: terrestrial animals that managed to journey across the Pacific Ocean, covering an immense 8,000 kilometers, to settle on a new ...

But have you ever wondered what plants and animals live in the ocean and how they survive underwater? Well, pack your swimsuit, we're off to find out! Look at all these fish! Big fish! Small fish!

Ocean ecosystems play a critical role in ... Carbon, a chemical element, is found in all organic matter on Earth, from the plants and animals alive today to fossil fuels buried underground.

Second only in size to the blue whale, seeing a fin whale surface from the ocean's depths can leave you spellbound!

just as their better-known counterpart float in the ocean.) Many phytoplankton are microscopic, and they range from single-celled algae to bacteria to protists, which aren’t plants or animals.

Ecologists also study many kinds of environments. For example, ecologists may study microbes living in the soil under your feet or animals and plants in a rain forest or the ocean. The many ...

Passive dispersal involves both plants and animals that cannot ... and eggs are moved passively via ocean currents. Other sessile animals exemplify natal dispersal in that they have a free-living ...

Far from being barren wastelands, deserts are biologically rich habitats with a vast array of animals and plants that have adapted to the harsh conditions there. Some deserts are among the planet ...

at the bottom of the ocean, hydrothermal vents created a chemical reaction between hydrogen and carbon dioxide to form fatty acids. That means Savor’s butter eschews not only animals and plants ...

Plankton is made up of tiny plants and animals. These plants are at the beginning of most of the ocean's food chains. Look! A right whale having its dinner. Whales are the biggest animals in the ...