Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species -- according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out since 1750 -- twice the number of animal species lost. But which species ...

The new study deciphered the single-most greatest mass extinction on Earth driven by a natural calamity that still exists.

A supercomputer simulation has unveiled a shocking glimpse into Earth’s distant future: a world where the continents merge ...

Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucat n Peninsula of Mexico triggered the extinction of all known non-bird dinosaurs. But for the early ...

Dinosaurs long dominated Earth's land ecosystems with a multitude of forms including plant-eating giants like Argentinosaurus ...

University of Texas Permian Basin, a public institution, has been offering online bachelor's degree programs since before 2000-2001. All of the online classes are recorded and archived so students ...

This thesis presents new data on ecological variability and disturbance in the terrestrial realm across the end-Triassic mass-extinction (ETME) within the well-studied region of NW Europe. Information ...

Once hunted to the brink of extinction, the humpback whale population has recovered extensively over the past half a century. In 1960, numbers were estimated at around 5,000 animals. Today ...

The Triassic-Jurassic extinction was not as rapid or violent in its consequences as the asteroid impact of 66 million years ago. So far as paleontologists have been able to reconstruct the ancient ...

New Era Helium and Sharon AI have finalized the formation of a 50/50 joint venture to fund, develop, and construct a 250MW natural gas-powered data center in the Permian Basin, West Texas, US. The ...

On Tuesday, West Texas temperatures will average around 29F. Through Saturday, average temperatures in the oil-rich Permian basin will remain below the 30-year average of 47F for this time of year.