Most pterosaurs from the Yanliao Biota exhibit ... and the fourth phalanx of the wing finger is shorter than the first. "The fossil skeleton shows some fused postcranial bones, such as the ...

Pterosaurs developed active, flapping flight with the help of a wing membrane, which was mainly spanned by the strongly elongated fourth finger of the hand. In the course of their evolution ...

Feathers are among the most complex cutaneous appendages in the animal kingdom. While their evolutionary origin has been ...

Paco, the newest addition to the Devine home, is settling in well — assisting with edits, bonding with Buddah, and building ...

Feathers may have started as simple filaments in ancient dinosaurs, but a team of Swiss researchers is digging deep into the ...

Paleontologists continue to discuss the possibility of their even earlier presence in the common ancestor of dinosaurs and pterosaurs (the first flying vertebrates with membranous wings ...

The first discovery of a bat-like winged dinosaur was in 2015, but scientists had dismissed the initial finding because it ...

Using advanced X-ray imaging, the research team discovered a hidden network of microscopic canals inside pterosaur wing bones. These canals, originally used for nutrient transport and structural ...

Paleontologists continue to discuss the possibility of their even earlier presence in the common ancestor of dinosaurs and pterosaurs (the first flying vertebrates with membranous wings) around 240 ...

Scientists recreate ancient proto-feathers in chicken embryos, revealing evolutionary resilience in feather development.

But in the past 30 years, scientists have discovered feathered dinosaurs and even pterosaurs (an early type of flying reptile) with wings and feathers, proving that feathers evolved in multiple ...