Remains of a new dicynodont species dating back over 250 million years link China and South Africa, suggesting passage of ...

Scientists have uncovered a treasure trove of fossils buried under Arctic mud for about 250 million years. These remains, ...

THAT AUTUMN, A RESEARCH VESSEL called the Glomar Challenger sailed over the Mid-Atlantic Ridge to drill holes and sample sediment. Fossils within the sediment samples they retrieved gave scientists a ...

2.52亿年前，地球经历了生命史上最惨烈的一次大灭绝，海洋几乎被“清空”了。长期以来，人们相信，这样的崩溃之后只可能是漫长的恢复过程。但在北极斯匹次卑尔根岛，一层不起眼的岩石中埋藏着完全不同的答案：距离大灭绝结束仅约300万年，复杂的海洋生态系统已经 ...

From saber-toothed synapsids to global collapse, the forgotten predators of the Permian ruled a world on the brink of ...

海洋生态系统在这场灾难后恢复的速度一直是古生物学中最受争议的问题之一。主流理论认为，这是一个缓慢的复苏过程，大约持续了八百万年，两栖动物和爬行动物逐步进入开阔的海洋环境。来自斯匹茨卑尔根岛的化石证据现在挑战了这一假设。

The discovery of a new dicynodont species suggests early land animals moved across Pangaea later and more widely than ...

A spectacular fossil trove on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen shows that marine life made a stunning comeback after Earth’s ...

LONDON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Oil production in the Permian basin is poised to peak in December, a watershed moment for the U.S. shale boom that upended the global energy market over the past 15 years.

Permian Basin infrastructure is the Midland-Odessa Transportation Alliance’s reason for existence. But MOTRAN is finding infrastructure is more than roads, interstates and bridges. At its annual ...