Our friend Derek invited PaleoCris, Ashley, and myself out to a couple of cool sites he hunts for druzy quartz crystals and ...

Table 1 Summary of planktic and benthic species with distinct Mg-banding. We observe Mg-banding in both the ocean grown and culture grown (87 Sr-labelled) calcite in the ‘control’ specimens that ...

Coccolithophores are microscopic marine algae that use carbon dioxide to grow and release carbon dioxide when they create their miniature calcite shells. Scientists have revealed the nano-level 3D ...

The carbonate shells of tiny marine plankton, foraminifers, are important archives of geochemical records of past climates. Now researchers have discovered that, contrary to long-standing textbook ...

Ling Li, an assistant professor in mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech, has found insights into building stronger and tougher ceramics by studying the shells of bivalve mollusks. This perspective ...

This article was originally published by Hakai Magazine. It’s low tide in Bodega Bay, north of San Francisco, and Hannah Hensel is squishing through thick mud on the hunt for clams. The hinged ...