A recent fossil discovery is offering new insights into what pterosaurs actually ate, challenging long-held assumptions about these ancient rulers of the skies. In a study published in the ...
Tropical cyclones have been dangerous and deadly even since the time of giants, but paleontologists turned to some of the smallest reptile fossils to reveal the power of these storms. While the bigger ...
Nvidia CEO says data centers take about 3 years to construct in the U.S., while in China ‘they can build a hospital in a weekend’ Tourist captures unprecedented photo of rare 'white ghost' animal ...
A skeletal reconstruction of a comb-jawed pterosaur walking across an ancient mudflat, its posture and movement informed by fossil trackways. Fossils of footprints over 160 million years old have ...
The 150-million-year-old Solnhofen Limestone in southern Germany contains prehistoric lagoon deposits known for yielding wonderfully preserved fossils, including those of pterosaurs: flying reptiles ...
With 23-foot wingspans and hefty bodies, the ancient airborne reptiles of the Jurassic Period might seem the unlikeliest of flying machines. In fact, as commonly depicted, these animals, called ...
Flight evolved only three times among vertebrates: in bats, birds, and the extinct flying reptile called pterosaurs. Of these, pterosaurs were the first to master flight, more than 215 million years ...
Reptiles can fly! No, seriously. Learn about flying reptiles of the dinosaur age during the Tate Geological Museum’s Saturday Club. Students will learn about the various adaptations that enabled ...