Geo-microbiologists have solved a long-standing conundrum about how some photosynthetic microorganisms, endolithic cyanobacteria, bore their way into limestone, sand grains, mussel shells, coral ...

Seawater — increasingly acidic due to global warming — is eating away the limestone framework for coral reef in the upper Florida Keys, according to a new study. It's something that scientists had ...

Chicagoans do not have to venture to the grand halls of the Field Museum to study the fascinating ancient natural history of the Windy City. They simply need to look out their windows or walk down ...

Seawater, which is increasingly acidic due to global warming, is eating away the limestone framework for the coral reef of the upper Florida Keys, according to a new study. Projections, based largely ...