These parasites, which represented more than half of the researchers’ sample, declined an average of 11 percent each decade between 1880 and 2019.

Notably, applying computer vision to microfossil analysis presents significant challenges. The sheer volume of data, with an estimated 3 billion individual fossils to analyze, can be overwhelming.

Recently, a 518-million-year-old microbial fossil from China identified as an ancient sulfate-reducing bacterium has shed light on the adaptive evolution of sulfate-reducing bacteria in response ...

In a paper published in Science Bulletin, an international team of scientists present multiple lines of evidence for a fossilized sulfate-reducing bacterium Qingjiangonema from the Qingjiang biota ...

The Carboniferous period is pivotal in the geological record, marked by intricate stratigraphic sequences and diverse microfossil assemblages that reveal past environmental conditions and tectonic ...

A subpolar species associated with Atlantic water expanded far into the Arctic Ocean during the Last Interglacial, analysis of microfossil content of sediment cores reveals. This implies that ...