A paper published in the Journal of the Geological Society has revealed an ancient trackway, found imprinted on a block of sandstone is the oldest record of amphibian tracks in the UK

Hosting up to 3.3 billion barrels of oil in place, the upfaulted Precambrian crystalline rocks of the Lancaster field, offshore west of Shetland, give key insights into how fractured hydrocarbon reservoirs can form in such old rocks.