A global review of tiny sea animals called foraminifera has identified 57 new living species, including three from NZ waters.

They are beautiful, they are everywhere, and they are absurdly unknown: you are entirely forgiven if you've never heard of foraminifera before. But they play a huge role in the functioning of marine ...

Multilocular benthic foraminifera are divisible into serial (Se) and spiral (Sp) morphogroups. Beneath oxic bottom waters, the Se morphogroup lives infaunally. Spiral species are typically epifaunal.

Most life on Earth relies on the sun's energy for survival, but what about organisms in the deep sea that live beyond the ...

Fish predation or cropping of foraminifera is widespread on coral reefs. At Eniwetok Atoll, live foraminifera are taken by herbivorous grazers that crop close to the substrate, occasionally by ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Tiny marine fossils called foraminifera, or forams, have been ...

Impact of single-cell organisms on sediment oxygen levels and bacterial diversity measured for the first time. Dr. Dewi Langlet, a scientist at the Evolution, Cell Biology and Symbiosis Unit at the ...

Between 18,000 and 11,000 years ago, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere suddenly shot up. This caused rapid global warming, the mass melting of glaciers, and the end of the last ice age.

Microscopic fossils of aquatic creatures, dating back hundreds of millions of years, could help clear up mysteries about how we evolved. Evolutionary ecologist, Dr Thomas Ezard, is undertaking an ...

Foraminifera provide scientists with an invaluable fossil record. Their exquisite outer shells, normally too small for the naked eye, inspired sculptures in Zhongshan, China. Bilal Haq Bilal Haq, a ...