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The Lehigh County Coroner’s Office said that a woman walking on a rail trail was hit by a falling tree and killed Wednesday. Robbin Mary Danko, 61. of Springfield Township, was walking in the 1700 ...

Earth. Yet, a region in China provided a haven for plants and animals, revealing unexpected resilience. This discovery, ...

A region in China’s Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium - or “life oasis”- for terrestrial plants during the end-Permian ...

Can plants reveal the secrets of survival during Earth's darkest days? At an outcrop north of Sydney, Australia, the research ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part three in a four-part series. Read part one here ...

The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

Scientists have uncovered a hidden prehistoric ecosystem in China that defied Earth's deadliest mass extinction, revealing a ...

Can plants uncover the survival secrets of Earth’s darkest days? A research team from (UCC), the University of Connecticut, ...

Even during one of Earth's largest mass extinction events, where heat waves kill of a majority of Earth's species, at least ...

A new study reveals that a region in China's Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or "Life oasis" for terrestrial plants during the end-Permian ...