A discovery in the deserts of Namibia, Oman, and Saudi Arabia has opened new doors in the world of geomicrobiology.

For most organisms on Earth, rocks are objects, not food. But for one oddball microbe, desert limestone seems to have been on ...

In the desert areas of Namibia, Oman, and Saudi Arabia, research work has revealed unusual structures that are probably due ...

Scientists recently identified peculiar micro-burrows in marble and limestone formations in Namibia, Oman, and Saudi Arabia, ...

Mysterious micro-burrows in desert marble and limestone were probably made by microbes that lived millions of years ago.

Mysterious tunnels in desert rocks may be the work of unknown microbes, hinting at a hidden world inside marble and limestone ...

C. W. Passchier et al., Subfossil Fracture-Related Euendolithic Micro-burrows in Marble and Limestone, Geomicrobiology Journal, 27 February 2025, DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2025.2467417 ...

In the scorching deserts of Namibia, Oman, and Saudi Arabia, scientists have discovered intriguing structures in marble and ...

The paper is published in the Geomicrobiology Journal. "We were surprised because these tubes are clearly not the result of a geological process," said Professor Cees Passchier from Johannes ...