What comes to your mind when you imagine a river? A stream of water flowing through landscapes? While that's partly true, ...

Foraminifera are single-celled marine organisms with a calcareous shell. They not only provide evidence of past habitats, but ...

Bookworks hosted author Zak Podmore to talk about and sign his recent book “Life After Dead Pool: Lake Powell’s Last Days and ...

Sediments settle in layers as they reach calmer ... including the remains of marine life and plant materials, contribute to the formation of sedimentary rocks and their layered structure.

They not only provide evidence of past habitats, but also play an important role in sediment formation. Along tropical and subtropical coasts, large benthic foraminifera live on the seabed of ...

Southeast Siberia is home to the world's oldest lake, with scientists estimating that the massive body of water dates back 25 ...

Discover the Oldest Lake on Earth, Lake Baikal, which has existed for 25 million years. Learn about its depth, biodiversity, ...

Who were our earliest ancestors? The answer could lie in a special group of single-celled organisms with a cytoskeleton ...

An explosive crash between an oil tanker and a cargo ship in the North Sea could have huge consequences for ecologically and ...