I HAVE recently obtained some deep-sea radiolarian ooze from which I am endeavouring to extract the shells with as little damage to them as possible. I have tried the method advocated by Mr ...

At this point, silica-rich rocks made of countless radiolarian shells disappeared, indicating that the radiolarians may have been snuffed out. At the same time, the balance of certain variants of ...

Examples of radiolarians, a type of microplankton. These tiny lifeforms need normal salinity seawater with plenty of nutrients including silica to grow and maintain their glassy shells.

Tiny radiolarians by the name of Sticholonche zanclea have complex exoskeletons built from silica or strontium sulfate and can take on a myriad of strange forms. Dead radiolarians sink to the ...

These single-celled animals come in a variety of intricate shapes, as shown in this image of a radiolarian shell. It is one from a striking collection of micrographs assembled by the Science Photo ...

Its members have already found that they can copy the sophisticated processes by which radiolaria form their intricate shells, and have made some spiky silica structures that resemble radiolaria ...

Radiolaria: Art and Science' is the exhibition ... composed of polygonal plates and by a skeleton formed by one or more concentric shells equipped with symmetric spines, which give these organisms ...