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On summer nights, the waters off the coast of Western Washington glow brighter than usual. The reason for the stunning sight is a natural phenomenon: electric blue, bioluminescent plankton. The Salish ...

Beatrix Beisner receives funding from NSERC. She is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Plankton Research (Oxford University Press) and a member of the Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire en ...

Scientists are unraveling the mysteries of the ocean’s squishiest creatures—including one jelly that might be the oldest animal species on Earth. A pair of sea butterflies (Corolla spectabilis) drift ...

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 ...

Unicorns are getting their day in the darkness. They’re the menacing monsters hungry for blood in “Death of a Unicorn,” the new horror comedy from A24. Half satire of the rich, half monster revenge ...

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