News articles tagged with 'copepod'
Voracious comb jellyfish 'invisible' to prey
— 11 Oct 2010 11:03 | BiologyDespite its primitive structure, the North American comb jellyfish can sneak up on its prey like a high-tech stealth submarine, making it a successful predator. Researchers, including…
The strongest animal in the world
— 13 May 2010 10:57 | BiologyThe world's strongest animal, the copepod, is barely 1 mm long. It is also the world's fastest animal and the most abundant multicellular animal on the planet. So what is it that makes…
Microbial mat the size of Greece found on oxygen-starved South American seafloor
— 19 Apr 2010 07:58 | BiologyOcean explorers are puzzling out Nature's purpose behind an astonishing variety of tiny ocean creatures like microbes and zooplankton animals - each perhaps a ticket-holder in life's…
Caltech researchers link tiny sea creatures to large-scale ocean mixing
— 29 Jul 2009 20:13 | BiologyUsing a combination of theoretical modelling, energy calculations, and field observations, researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have for the first time…
Evolution flashback: Ecologist brings century-old eggs to life
— 17 Jul 2009 02:24 | BiologySuspending a life in time is a theme that normally finds itself in the pages of science fiction, but now such ideas have become a reality in the annals of science…
Marine phytoplankton changes form to protect itself from predators
— 17 Jun 2007 00:01 | BiologyA tiny single-celled organism that plays a key role in the carbon cycle of cold-water oceans may be a lot smarter than scientists had suspected. In a paper published in the online version…
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