The twilight zone, or mesopelagic layer, is a hauntingly beautiful stretch of ocean where light diminishes ... the lifeblood of countless oceanic food chains. They feed on plankton, tiny ...

It includes the twilight zone and the midnight zone ... Phytoplankton at the ocean’s surface capture atmospheric carbon, which zooplankton consume and transfer through the food chain. When zooplankton ...

Plankton is an indispensable part of marine life and incredibly diverse. It consists of all kinds of life forms that float in the water at different depths. But we don't know yet how diverse plankton ...

It’s been 150 years since the first hotel opened in Ocean City, setting in motion the transformation of a sleepy fishing ...

My guest is Elaine Culotti, “The Lipstick Farmer”. She owns a 40-acre Big Z ranch in Fallbrook, California. She was on the TV ...

are often discharged back into the ocean, potentially in the midwater zone. This is a critical ecosystem that includes the twilight and midnight zones. This midwater zone, located approximately ...

Scientists, who have spent more than a decade examining the impact of artificial light at night on the world's coasts and oceans, have shown that more than one-fifth of the global ocean -- an area ...

Ocean darkening is rapidly spreading, squeezing marine life closer to the surface and altering ecosystems worldwide.

Seafood shoppers might notice higher prices, recreational divers and snorkelers will find murkier waters, and even worse; ...

The Twilight Zone is a classic for many reasons, one of which is that Rod Serling was a genius at hiding social messaging in sci-fi and fantasy stories. When the anthology series began ...

Marine life plays a pivotal role in Earth's carbon cycle. Phytoplankton at the base of the aquatic food web take up carbon ...