Pterosaurs combined flight, size, and physical strength in ways rarely seen in the animal kingdom. This video compares their ...

For more than a hundred years, scientists believed flying reptiles called pterosaurs took to the air with birdlike brains. Old fossils seemed to show it. Hard stone casts inside skulls hinted at big ...

"Even birds that soar or glide require some flapping to get in the air and maintain flight. "This leads me to believe that flapping flight is the default condition, and that the behavior of soaring ...

Dec. 5—Artistic reconstruction of a pterosaur, top, and a lagerpetid, bottom, from the Late Triassic period (around 215 million years ago). The images on the right show 3D reconstructions of their ...

In a study of fossils, a research team led by an evolutionary biologist at Johns Hopkins Medicine suggests that a group of giant reptiles alive up to 220 million years ago may have acquired the ...

Scientists have previously debated the flying capabilities of baby pterosaurs, but the study suggests that the Lucky pterosaurs sustained flight-related injuries similar to those seen in birds, ...

The discovery of an unusual new species of pterosaur is shaking up the history of the iconic flying reptiles. That is the conclusion of an international team of researchers, following analysis of a ...

My impression was possibly death by "surprise". A young critter has little to no experience with nature's extremes. I'd expect them to emulate the adults, since imitation is often how the young adapt ...

Fossilized vomit reveals a surprise flying pterosaur in Brazil, offering new insight into how ancient reptiles lived and fed ...

Short-tailed pterosaurs, like this Balaenognathus were adapted for a life on the ground. This bizarre creature boasted nearly 500 needle-like teeth in its jaws, and likely used them to filter-feed on ...