Researchers have discovered a hidden network of microscopic canals inside of pterosaur wing bones that may inspire new ...

large pterosaurs that stayed on the wing across oceans for days at a time like albatrosses, and pterosaurs that stood in briny shallows and filter fed like pink flamingos. Among the most exciting ...

Some species of pterosaurs flew by flapping their wings while others soared like vultures, demonstrates a new study published ...

Nathan Pili, a PhD student, used advanced CT techniques to study pterosaur bones, which could lead to revolutionary new ...

Pterosaurs, Greek for “wing lizards,” arrived on the scene in the Triassic Period, perhaps as early as around 237 million years ago. These original vertebrate fliers preceded birds by at least ...

Pterosaurs thus had hollow, lightweight wing bones similar to those of birds. Those bones also needed to be strong, though, to support the load of the tough, leathery wing membranes. That brings ...

Chinese and Brazilian researchers have unearthed a nearly complete fossilized skeleton of a previously unknown pterosaur ...

When vertebrates moved onto land, long ago, some of them eventually became airborne, way after the insects did. There are three groups of vertebrates that have used powered, muscle-driven flight: ...

Photo: Courtesy of Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences A new ...

Computed tomography (CT) scan of the skull of Anhanguera, a112-million-year-old pterosaur from Brazil. Our pterosaur collection contains approximately 1,000 specimens and casts, from isolated ...