Plankton are a collection of tiny organisms that live at and beneath the surface of lakes, rivers, ponds, and oceans across the planet. They’re named for the Greek word planktos, meaning to ...

Sheldon J. Plankton, the owner of the Chum Bucket, has been a staple of SpongeBob SquarePants since the first season. His nefarious schemes are always foiled in one way or another, and his life's ...

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 ...