The study, led by biologists at Harvard University found that the slugs build sac-like structures known as kleptosomes out of ...

The slightly warmer temperatures around the middle of the Earth melted the top layers of ice to form meltwater ponds that hovered around 0°C. This stable, warmer temperature could have served as a ...

A new study led by Harvard biologists describes how some sea slugs consume algae and incorporate their photosynthetic ...

These two independent sets of analyses provided complementary fingerprints for certain eukaryotic groups. As part of the team's lipid research, they found many sterols and rRNA genes closely ...

The remote and often unforgiving surface of Greenland’s ice sheet has long been a subject of intrigue for scientists. What lies beneath the thick layers of snow and ice has been largely a mystery, ...

Scientists have reportedly found giant viruses in the depths of oceans across the world. In a study published in Nature npj ...

Porphyra umbilicalis (laver) belongs to an ancient group of red algae (Bangiophyceae), is harvested for human food, and thrives in the harsh conditions of the upper intertidal zone. Here we present ...

Algae, ‘an underutilized raw material’ Last summer, John Burns, a senior research scientist at Bigelow, published a study in the Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology that broke the boundaries in ...

Nitrogen limitation exacerbated the effects of ocean acidification on eukaryotic phytoplankton. Stations with deeper nitraclines (depth at which nitrate levels in the ocean begin to rise ...

For thousands of years, algae have lived on the surface of the ice, blooming as the snow recedes. These tiny organisms seem harmless, almost invisible, yet their presence plays a surprising role in ...