As Jaws celebrates its 50th anniversary, Science News explores the vast range of shark sizes, from megaladon to the dwarf lanternshark.

Here are eight of the biggest sharks from the past and present. Skip to main content. Open menu ... Although basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus) only eat plankton, they can reach up to 40 feet (12 ...

Everything from the smallest fish to the biggest whale depends on them for sustenance. Yet these tiny organisms - called plankton - may be unable to thrive in the rapidly warming oceans, according ...

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Plankton are the backbone of the ocean — and may struggle with what’s coming. A pair of papers in the journal Nature shows how plankton are struggling to survive in warming seas.

Without plankton, we would lose a big source of oxygen and although McQuattors-Gollop says that there is no sign that this is happening, she cautions that “it could be a future consequence, ...

While satellites help some oceanographers zoom out to get the biggest possible picture, other researchers are zooming in, collecting plankton from the ocean and studying them under microscopes.