Since the beginning of time, Earth has created life and then wiped out most of it in catastrophic, ultra-destructive moments. Starting with the very first extinction event since multicellular life ...

New research shows Montana’s ancient rivers remained stable and undeterred during the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K-Pg) extinction ...

A new fossil discovery in northern China provides significant insights into the evolution of early carnivores, revealing an ancient predator with unique feeding adaptations.

Viridien and TGS have released early results from an important ocean bottom node (OBN) survey in the US Gulf, saying the data offers valuable sub-surface insights into acreage to be offered in a lease ...

Everyone knows that dinosaurs are extinct, and most people have some idea about how it might have occurred. But the exact periods in history when it happened are less well known. Was it a single ...

Prolific Paleogene-age Wilcox reservoirs extend from onshore to deepwater offshore Gulf of Mexico (GOM). Discovery wells delineated the play across more than 35,000 sq km, and oil production from ...

Researchers suggest that ground-based mammals fared better than their arboreal relatives during the end-Cretaceous extinction thanks to their lifestyle. Reading time 2 minutes The end-Cretaceous ...

Using fossil evidence and genetic dating, geneticists and paleontologists have backed strikingly different candidates for the world's first animal. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

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The deepwater Paleogene oil and gas play in the US Gulf of Mexico is expected to be a big growth engine, according to subsea equipment supplier TechnipFMC, in addition to a couple of existing basins ...

Bees play by rolling wooden balls — apparently for fun. The cleaner wrasse fish appears to recognize its own visage in an underwater mirror. Octopuses seem to react to anesthetic drugs and will avoid ...

A group of prominent biologists and philosophers announced a new consensus: There’s “a realistic possibility” that insects, octopuses, crustaceans, fish and other overlooked animals experience ...