Beach lovers like myself know that the water sparkles in the sunlight—but in some places in the world, it literally glows. After the sun sets, bioluminescent plankton, most commonly dinoflagellates, ...
Not much attention is paid to plankton because these creatures are usually hidden from sight. They are mostly microscopic in size and live in aquatic environments, but human lives are intricately ...
A 12-year-old boy, Vanja, has been catching and studying plankton for the past two years. He owns a professional plankton net and conducts scientific research under a microscope.