organisms

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They’re the base of the aquatic food chain, fed on by herbivores of all shapes and sizes, including shrimp and juvenile fish, which in turn feed organisms higher up the food chain.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2026

The single-celled organisms use the power of the sun to produce energy through photosynthesis, similar to houseplants on your balcony.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2026

Like many other Ediacaran organisms, they vanished from the fossil record at the start of the Cambrian period roughly 540 million years ago.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

The underwater necropolis, which was discovered by a team of researchers from China, Italy and New Zealand, is teeming with organisms and species that "may be new to science", according to journal Nature.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Genes could, in other words, be transmitted between two organisms without any form of reproduction.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee