Long before T. rex, the Earth was dominated by super-carnivores stranger and more terrifying than anything dreamed up by ...

During the Permian Period, around 275 million years ago, El Capitan, the highest natural point in the state, was very different. The landscape was underwater and brimming with marine life.

Mega El Niños could have intensified the world’s most devastating mass extinction, which ended the Permian Period 252 million years ago, a new study found.

An international team of researchers used climate models and plant fossils to link the Great Dying with an 18-degree Fahrenheit rise (10 degrees Celsius) in average global temperatures.

Two years ago the San Pedro Valley desert east of Arizona's Santa Catalina Mountains was inhabited by little more than coyotes and cactus. ... MINING: Life In the Desert. 2 minute read.

Desert planets like those in 'Dune' and 'Star Wars' unlikely to host life, NASA says : Read more My understanding is our world has been a desert world a few times in the past.

The discovery of oil in the Permian Basin dates back to the early 20th century, though its geological history is millions of years old. A bowl-shaped dip in the earth’s surface formed, and it ...

The Living Desert and The Desert sun collaborate on a four-part series, ‘Desert Botany: An Intro to Planting Native in the Coachella Valley’ ...

MIDLAND, Texas — Cancer survivors and their loved ones gathered Sunday for a special celebration in the Permian Basin at the fifth annual Cancer Survivors Day. The event offered West Texans a ...