About 252 million years ago, 80 to 90 percent of life on Earth was wiped out. In the Turpan-Hami Basin, life persisted and bounced back faster.

A newly published review of 252-million-year-old fossils from southwest Germany is offering a deeper understanding of life’s ...

For years, a mysterious fossil specimen defied categorization, until one paleontologist made a surprising discovery.

The life of a 166-million-year-old reptile has been turned upside down. While Marmoretta oxoniensis was believed to have swum ...

Tetrapod skeletal fossils preserved in the South Taodonggou Section in Xinjiang, China Conifer trunk fossil recovered from the onset of the end-Permian mass extinction in the South Taodonggou Section.

Fossils before and after the end-Permian extinction "go from richly diverse communities to almost boringly alike communities, wherever you look," Payne said. According to the research, the variety ...

U.S. oil major Chevron plans to increase the use of a technique that allows it to fracture subterranean rock in three wells ...

Some areas in the Permian have hit geological limits while others, yet to be drilled, are not expected to be as prolific as the prime Tier 1 acreage. Despite record U.S. crude oil production ...

Tetrapod skeletal fossils preserved in the South Taodonggou Section in Xinjiang, China Conifer trunk fossil recovered from the onset of the end-Permian mass extinction in the South Taodonggou Section.