Copepods are tiny crustaceans that live in virtually every aquatic environment on earth. Like translucent, antennae-ed grains of rice but just a fraction of the size, these creatures form the ...

Aim The diversity of the obligate cave-dwelling fauna has proved difficult to measure because of the highly localized distributions of most species. We investigated: (1) the local and regional ...

The world's oceans are becoming increasingly stressful places for marine life, and experts are working to understand what this means for the future. From rising temperatures; to acidification as more ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Tiny oceangoing animals called copepods have developed special skills to find their favorite ...

Shrimp-like critters the size of fleas could be the champion jumpers of the animal kingdom, scientists now reveal. After analyzing high-speed video of three species of crustaceans known as copepods, ...

“These microbes travel with their copepod hosts”, explains lead author Dr. Ximena Velasquez. “Because copepods dispersal is more limited by ocean currents than free-living microbes, their associated ...

Marine biologists have found that the "diver's weight belt" which is believed to regulate whales' buoyancy is also present in tiny crustaceans. Copepods are 3mm-long marine animals, which head to the ...

Copepod are small crustaceans and among the most abundant and diverse life forms on Earth. They live in nearly every habitat in the world. However, owing to their size and fragility, only a handful of ...

New records of copepods are listed from artificial containers and shallow waterbodies in the Florida Keys. Mesocyclops ogunnus is reported from the United States for the first time. Metacyclops cf.