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

THE older generation may recall seeing a giant Mercedes Benz logo atop a huge limestone outcrop when approaching Ipoh from the south. Put up by the carmaker in appreciation of rich tin miners who ...

A scattering of its skeletal elements was preserved in a small limestone outcrop at the southern end of the Toomba Range, on the edge of the Simpson Desert. Our paper describes a new species of ...

The discovery has sparked interest among scientists studying endolithic microorganisms, unknown life forms inside rocks.

Underground rivers dissolve the limestone and carry it away to leave these passageways which can be full of water during periods of heavy rainfall. This is a calcium carbonate deposit like an ...