In their experiments, the researchers found that a plankton 2.4 millimeters in length would be able to escape the water if it were going fast enough (somewhere between 1.3 miles-per-hour and 1.7 ...

Plankton are a collection of tiny organisms that live at and beneath the surface of lakes, rivers, ponds, and oceans across the planet. They’re named for the Greek word planktos, meaning to ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Ijams Nature Center is excited about eggs they spotted in a pond this week. What they spotted were spotted salamander eggs. The Ijams team posted on social media to tell ...

It’s the reason why a pond skater can walk on water, but a human cannot. And it’s the reason why a flying fish can take to the air with relative ease, but a copepod has its work cut out. Still ...