Scientists Discover New Life Forms In The Arctic Ocean

"The researchers have discovered a new group of microscopic organisms, which they have baptized "picobiliphytes": pico because of their extremely small size, measured in millionths of a meter, bili because they contain biliproteins, highly fluorescent substances that transform light into biomass, and phyte meaning they are plants."



"It's a very exciting discovery," comments Dr. Lovejoy.