A singular scene from last year’s red tide event in the Gulf of Mexico sticks in the memory of phytoplankton ecologist Vincent Lovko. “I got to go up in a helicopter with a news crew,” Lovko says.

Ever since I saw plankton up-close for the first time ... notices them because individually they only become visible under the microscope. you can observe their inner body parts To film the ...

Image caption, This is one type of plankton viewed through a microscope. In fact, many scientists believe that these tiny plants and animals are amongst the most important in our seas. They may ...