EditorialA water tower, bearing the mascot of the local high school, rises above residential buildings in Pecos, Texas on Jan. 14, 2023. (Paul Ratje/The New York Times)
EditorialReconstruction of an extinct synapsid dinosaur Dimetrodon, Cisuralian (Early Permian), North America, 3m. Illustration by Hugo Wolff-Maage from Wilhelm Bolsches Das Leben der Urwelt, Prehistoric Life, Georg Dollheimer, Leipzig, 1932.
EditorialDolichosoma, Print, Phlegethontia is an extinct genus of lepospondyl amphibian from the Carboniferous and Permian periods of Europe and North America.
EditorialMastodonsaurus, extinct genus of giant large-headed temnospondyl amphibians of the Triassic, and Pareiasaurus, extinct genus of anapsid reptile from the Permian.
EditorialSclerocephalus haeuseri (Actinodon), Keraterpeton galvani (Ceraterpeton), Archegosaurus decheni, Phlegethontia longissima (Dolichosoma), and head of Loxomma under ferns. Amphibians of the coal forest and Permian periods. Illustration by J. Smit from H....
EditorialFloorhands work on a drilling rig contracted to Shell in the Delaware Basin, near Wink, Texas, on Jan. 25, 2019. (Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times)
EditorialWith the acquisition of Concho Resources, ConocoPhillips will become a major player in the world’s most lucrative shale field, the Permian Basin. (Joel Angel Juarez/The New York Times)
EditorialFrom left: Permian High School football player Harper Terry, and Odessa High School cheerleader Brissa Hinojosa, partially hidden, greet President Donald Trump at Midland International Air and Space Port in Midland, Texas, Wednesday, July 29, 2020. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialReconstruction of an extinct synapsid dinosaur Dimetrodon, Cisuralian (Early Permian), North America, 3m. Illustration by Hugo Wolff-Maage from Wilhelm Bolsches Das Leben der Urwelt, Prehistoric Life, Georg Dollheimer, Leipzig, 1932.
EditorialDolichosoma, Print, Phlegethontia is an extinct genus of lepospondyl amphibian from the Carboniferous and Permian periods of Europe and North America.
EditorialSclerocephalus haeuseri (Actinodon), Keraterpeton galvani (Ceraterpeton), Archegosaurus decheni, Phlegethontia longissima (Dolichosoma), and head of Loxomma under ferns. Amphibians of the coal forest and Permian periods. Illustration by J. Smit from H....
EditorialEdaphosaurus (Naosaurus) from Permian strata of Texas. Model restored by C. R. Knight. Photograph from H. N. Hutchinson's "Extinct Monsters and Creatures of Other Days," Chapman and Hall, London, 1894.
EditorialMastodonsaurus, extinct genus of giant large-headed temnospondyl amphibians of the Triassic, and Pareiasaurus, extinct genus of anapsid reptile from the Permian.