A heart cockle shell has been found to let in light through a design that resembles fiber optic cables. This could inspire ...

THE classical theory of the mechanism of production of the carbonate fraction of the calcium carbonate of the hen's egg shell is that of Gutowska and Mitchell 1. This theory makes use of the ...

Tiny, solid windows in the shells of heart cockles let in light for the photosynthetic algae inside them – and they could ...

If you're anything like me, you probably toss eggshells in the trash as soon as you crack them. But next time, you might want ...

A team of marine biologists, ecologists and evolutionary specialists from the University of Chicago, Stanford University and ...

According to a recent study published in Nature, many planktonic foraminifera species may face unprecedented environmental ...

Climate change endangers planktonic foraminifera, key to marine ecosystems. Warming and acidification threaten their survival ...

Their shells possess transparent windows formed of fibrous crystals of aragonite (a form of calcium carbonate), surrounded by a “cladding” made of aragonite and chitin, a material also found ...

Planktonic foraminifera are tiny marine organisms, which are essential to the ocean's carbon cycle. A recent study reveals that these populations are shrinking at an alarming rate due to ocean warming ...