Apr. 23—Tradition or myth holds that the Permian Basin's rich oil and natural gas formations were made from the bodies of dinosaurs, which is an evocative answer that's more fancy than fact. In fact, ...

The sun shines through the clouds as it begins to set behind a pumpjack, March 30, 2022, outside of Goldsmith, Texas. (Odessa American File Photo) Tradition or myth holds that the Permian Basin’s rich ...

The West Texas desert has a surprising feature: a prehistoric ocean reef. There is a surprising natural wonder in the middle of the vast West Texas desert: a prehistoric ocean reef built from the ...

When people picture Guadalupe Mountains National Park, they imagine an arid, peak-speckled stretch of the Arizona-New Mexico Mountains and Chihuahuan Desert. It’s a Texan place of heat, plunging ...