An Australian marine scientist says microplastics in the oceans pose a "significant risk" to filter-feeding marine animals like manta rays and whale sharks. A research paper, "Microplastics: No small ...

Objective: Students will engineer a water filter based on observations of manta ray feeding filters, then test its effectiveness. Topics: Structure and function, adaptation, engineering and design ...

A combined team of paleontologists and geoscientists from China University of Geosciences and Hubei Geological Bureau, both in China, working with a colleague from the University of Bristol, has found ...

Giant Larvaceans are small filter feeders in the ocean that trap tiny bits of food in order to survive, but a new study shows that food particles aren't all they're trapping. Plastic waste called ...

(Reuters) - The blue whale and other baleen whales, the gentle giants of the sea, sift huge quantities of tiny prey from ocean water using a filter-feeding system in their mouths. But they were not ...

Paleontologists have discovered a bizarre worm-like creature from the Cambrian Period that has features associated with three groups of living animals. Just a half-inch long and covered in bristles, ...