While similar corals and crinoids have existed throughout fossil record, their symbiotic link was presumed lost after the Paleozoic era. A crinoid creature can be seen with the globular non ...

A stark white skeleton is left behind, and the weakened coral is at heightened risk of dying. This underwater photo taken in the Maldives on September 26, 2024 shows dead and bleached branch corals.

Branching structures in 890-million-year-old rocks could be fossils of ancient sponges If ... intricate pattern of tube-shaped structures that branch out in three dimensions.

An international team of scientists reunited to analyze a trove of coral fossil samples retrieved from Tahitian waters during October and November 2005. The initial conclusion is that the IODP ...

Deep-sea coral fossils used by researchers to study carbon sequestration in the Southern Ocean 20,000 to 10,000 years ago. The Southern Ocean played a critical role in the rapid atmospheric carbon ...

After hunting for answers online, Mr Singh was told the fossil's markings on the relic indicated it was most likely a Rugosa coral, estimated to be between 251 to 488 million years old.

open image in gallery BP’s fossil gas development threatens an expansive cold-water coral reef off the coast of Mauritania and Senegal (TL, Sven Loven Centre, Uni Gothenburg) The Independent’s ...