We owe much of our recent knowledge of the biology of the Foraminifera to Dr. E. H. Myers. His new publication* is a peculiarly beautiful example of his work, embracing the complete life-cycle of ...

The Museum has a strong tradition of foraminifera research dating back to the late 1800s. As a result, the foraminifera collection - with approximately 250,000 slides - is the most extensive of our ...

View through the eyepiece of a dissecting microscope showing a group of 25 N. stella foraminifera. Foraminifer are extremely abundant on Earth. Most are only about 300 microns in diameter.

However, foraminifera are eukaryotes ... a technique that allows tracking of labeled metabolites through chemical reactions. These incubations were kept on the seafloor for approximately 24 ...

Foraminifera are single-celled marine organisms with a calcareous shell. They not only provide evidence of past habitats, but also play an important role in sediment formation. Along tropical and ...