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.

Foraminifera shells are washed out of the mud, and specific shells are picked out under a microscope, cleaned, and finally ...

A microscope image of a shelled plankton. According to research from The University of Texas at Austin, plankton populations like this flourished in the tropics during past global cooling and may ...

Foraminifera shells are washed out of the mud, and specific shells are picked out under a microscope, cleaned, and finally ...