Image caption, This is one type of plankton viewed through a microscope. In fact, many scientists believe that these tiny plants and animals are amongst the most important in our seas. They may ...

With my work, I hope to give people a glimpse in an unseen universe, just around the corner. Jan van IJken using a high-powered microscope to film living plankton.

But examine that water under a microscope and you will see your bucket contains a universe of microscopic life, in the form of beautiful and fascinating plankton. Plankton are mostly microscopic ...

He could see diatoms across the field of view as he peered into a microscope to see plankton from Tokyo Bay as part of his research on maritime environment. "I saw so many shells that appeared ...