A new review reveals how tiny shell-building plankton quietly drive carbon cycling and influence global climate change.

Skeleton season may be just around the corner, but the skeleton age dawned with the early Cambrian Period, about 538 million ...

Many microbes wear beautifully patterned crystalline shells, which protect them from a harsh world and can even help them reel in food. Now scientists have zoomed in on the very first step in ...

A virus is a small infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism. Viruses can infect all types of life forms, from animals and plants to microorganisms, including ...

A viral video claiming to show how baby seashells are "born" is blowing people's minds, as they admitted they had no idea how the intricate objects were created. Beachgoer Abby Spelman shared a clip ...