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These include giant single-celled organisms with chalky shells (called ‘foraminifera’); highly specialised sea cucumbers and fish – and many species that rely on the nodules as the only hard ...

Eukaryotes are generally subdivided into four kingdoms: animals, plants, fungi, and protists (basically a catch-all category for all eukaryotes that aren’t animals, plants, or fungi).

New types of foraminifera and sea urchins replaced those that had died off in earlier mass extinctions. But the biggest development in the seas was the appearance of whales in the mid- to late ...

"It's huge!" one squeals. "Help! What do I do? I swear it's ... A new study reveals plants, fungi, bacteria, protists, and even some viruses deploy venom-like mechanisms, similar to that of ...

An international team looks back 12 million years for clues about the formation of these vast areas where no life can survive A satellite image of the Northern Gulf of Mexico, where 'dead zones' can ...

Research has also shown that single-celled organisms known as foraminifera struggle to build their shells in more acidic waters, with them now producing thinner structures. The ocean is a major carbon ...

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In a growing global trend, bacteria are evolving new ways to maneuver around medical treatments for a variety of infections. The rising antibiotic resistance crisis poses a significant public ...