Pennsylvania seems to be a lightning rod for thunderbirds, which believers picture as gigantic birds, pterodactyls or something in between. Ancient Native American legends across the country include ...

Bad news dragon riders: Your dragon can't take off. A new analysis of the largest of pterodactyls suggests they were too big and their muscles too weak to vault into the air and fly. Instead, they ...

Pterodactyls are extinct flying reptiles. They lived during the Mesozoic Era (252.2 million to 66 million years ago). Though they might look similar, they’re actually not dinosaurs. They’re related, ...

A tiny, toothless pterodactyl with bat-like wings, bird-like claws and a sharp, pointy beak has just been identified from a remarkably well-preserved Chinese fossil, scientists say. The researchers, ...