Foraminifera are single-celled marine organisms with a calcareous shell. They not only provide evidence of past habitats, but ...

In a submarine brine pool, more than 600 metres deep at the bottom of the Red Sea, the scientists found well-preserved seagrasses with attached foraminifera of the genera Amphistegina, Sorites and ...

Research indicates that delicate deepwater corals tolerated or adapted to major climate and salinity fluxes, “yet today, it’s ...

The pink hue comes from a combination of natural processes, with crushed coral and red shells mixing with the white sand. The colour is created by microorganisms called Foraminifera, which have ...

Meta-analysis of 14 previous studies based on 27 deep sea cores from the Red Sea suggested that planktonic foraminifera underwent local extinctions during the lowstand, whereas other microfossil ...

Elafonissi beach. Pic: Laszlo Szirtesi/Getty Images) Elafonissi Beach is unique because of its pink shoreline, which is caused by microscopic organisms called Foraminifera. These marine creatures ...

Moving south, Duygu caught her first sight of corals in the Red Sea. What she saw in those shallow waters ... Their work extends to other marine ‘biomineralisers' such as foraminifera – single-celled ...

The pink colour comes from foraminifera, microscopic red organisms that live in the coral reefs which get washed up on the beach. The pink tinge is the brightest when the sun is out. Besides just ...