It’s also because pterosaur anatomy is frankly weird and seemingly ill suited to life on land or in the sky. Some scientists have depicted pterosaurs dragging themselves along the ground on ...

Above the shores of prehistoric seas and lakes, pterosaurs roamed the skies. They were feathered creatures that ranged in ...

A Jurassic pterosaur fossil, known to paleontologists for over 160 years, isn’t a new species. It is an odd specimen of Rhamphorhynchus muensteri.

So how were they able to take flight? Scientists have only recently solved this ancient mystery thanks to a strange vane in pterosaur tails. Five times larger than the tyrannosaurs of its era ...

Pterosaurs, Greek for “wing lizards,” arrived ... One scientist proposed they belonged to a weird sea creature, and another thought they represented a transitional form between birds and ...

That's according to a new study published in the Journal of Palaeontology. The fossil from a young pterosaur was discovered in Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta, Canada. The bone has a puncture ...

The fossilized neck bone of a flying reptile unearthed in Canada shows tell-tale signs of being bitten by a crocodile-like creature 76 million years ago, according to a new study. The fossilised ...

(Credit: Nikolay 007/Shutterstock) The ability to fly won’t save you from becoming a land predator’s next meal. At least, that’s what one pterosaur may have found out. An international research team ...

A new analysis of pterosaur bones, however, suggests that their microstructure could inspire lighter, stronger aircraft materials. Pterosaurs were flying reptiles that lived throughout the world ...