Well-preserved fossils reveal that even the most colossal of pterosaurs were capable of flight, and various species had ...

In an eat-or-be-eaten world, flight conveys a bevy of benefits. A creature that takes to the third dimension can more easily escape earthbound predators, dine off a much broader menu or drop down ...

They do not, however, stumble across any rattlesnakes, nor even the faintest whiff of a pterosaur. The femur of a giant dinosaur, perhaps an Alamosaurus, turns up, by way of consolation.

CT scans of Jordanian fossils reveal surprising internal bone structures in pterosaurs. Paleontologists explain how these ...

Scientists have estimated the size of an extinct flying reptile called a pterosaur, based on fragments of a fossil finger ...

Two exceptionally well preserved fossils give a new picture of the pterosaurs, the flying reptiles that lived at the time of the dinosaurs. Scientists believe the creatures may have had feathers ...

Three flying reptiles from Earth's distant past glide above the gray Pacific, far beyond the rollers breaking on the shore of Point Reyes, California. They flap their wings slowly for a few beats ...

Fossils of pterosaurs, stegosaurs, plesiosaurs, and more - this dinosaur fossil site in Southwest China's Sichuan Province ...

[Related: Dinosaur Cove reveals a petite pterosaur species.] The team called the discovery of diverse flight styles in differently-sized pterosaurs “exciting,” as it showcases how these ...

The animals which developed flying under power — which means they can stay up doing so — are birds, insects, bats and ...

“It brings us one step closer to understanding where and when the more advanced pterosaurs evolved.” The Isle of Skye has been previously referred to as the dinosaur capital of Scotlan ...