The largest extinction in Earth’s history marked the end of the Permian period, some 252 million years ago.
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Researchers Successfully Train Computers to Identify Animals in Photos
A computer model developed at the University of Wyoming by UW researchers and others has demonstrated remarkable accuracy and efficiency in identifying images of wild animals from camera-trap photographs in North America.
Whale bones tell visceral tale of orca history
If a picture is worth a thousand words, how do you quantify the experience of holding a whale skull?
Idaho Study Predicts Increase in Global List of Threatened Plant Species
More than 15,000 plant species have a high probability of being considered threatened or near-threatened under a new model used to predict conservation status.
Agricultural Waste Drives Us Closer to Greener Transport
Composite materials made from agricultural waste could be used to produce sustainable, lightweight and low-cost applications in the automotive and marine industries.
USGS Announces Largest Continuous Oil Assessment in Texas and New Mexico
The U.S. Department of the Interior announced the Wolfcamp Shale and overlying Bone Spring Formation in the Delaware Basin portion of Texas and New Mexico’s Permian Basin province contain an estimated mean of 46.3 billion barrels of oil.