Well-preserved fossils of ancient large reptiles called pterosaurs have revealed that some species flew by flapping their wings, while others soared like vultures, according to a new study. Pterosaurs ...
The first pterosaurs took flight during the age of dinosaurs thanks to a sail-like tensioning system, a new study has found.
A newly identified species of pterosaur has provided critical insights into the evolutionary changes that shaped these ancient flying reptiles, bridging the gap between early species and their larger, ...
Ancient pterosaurs may have taken to the skies far earlier and more explosively than birds, evolving flight at their very origin despite having relatively small brains. Using advanced CT imaging, ...
If you can, try to imagine a pterodactyl combined with a monkey. It’s an absurd image, like Pterri from “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse” crossed with King Kong. Absurd as it might seem, such a thing existed at ...
Pterosaurs, flying reptiles that coexisted with dinosaurs, have been on a roll lately — or, rather, their fossils have, as a plethora of recent discoveries has helped flesh out the evolutionary ...
An Ohio University-led study reveals how pterosaurs evolved unique brain structures for flight more than 220 million years ...
If you know one thing about pterosaurs, it’s that they’re flyers. And while pterosaurs may be well-known for their domination of the skies in the Mesozoic Era, they didn’t live their entire lives in ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Grand Rapids Public Museum (GRPM) will open its brand new exhibit, Pterosaurs: Flight in the Age of Dinosaurs, to the public Saturday at noon. The new exhibit will give ...
Pterosaurs ruled the skies during the age of the dinosaurs, but scientists have long debated if they actually had feathers.Now we know. Not only did these flying reptiles have feathers, but they could ...
There were about 40 footprints, 30 handprints and many raindrops. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. At the end of the Jurassic ...