Earth's history is marked by violent mass extinctions that have shaped life on the planet. Here's how many of these events ...

(The Center Square) – Methane emissions intensity for upstream oil and natural gas operations in the Permian Basin declined by more than 50% in two years, according to an analysis by S&P Global ...

Tyrannosaurus rex holotype specimen at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh. Credit: ScottRobertAnselmo / CC BY-SA 3.0 Scientists have successfully reconstructed the prehistoric air that ...

An international team of paleontologists has spent more than 15 years excavating and studying fossils from Africa to expand our understanding of the Permian, a period of Earth's history that began 299 ...

The find of Mirasaura grauvogeli is ground-breaking in its implications for our understanding of reptile evolution. This species, a member of the drepanosauromorph group, lived during the early Middle ...

As we stand on the Earth’s ground, we claim we know about its genesis and what happened before we came into existence, but do we really? Let’s retrace our footsteps (or fossils) and travel back in ...

Tooth of a Tyrannosaurus rex that was excavated in Alberta, Canada. Credit: Thomas Tütken. Millions of years ago, long-necked sauropods and snarling Tyrannosaurs roamed a world thick with heat, ...

Despite the slide in oil prices in the second quarter, ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) reported on Friday earnings that exceeded analyst estimates on the back of increased oil and gas production in the U.S.