Researchers have long puzzled over how winged dinosaurs ruled the skies – until now. Pterosaurs were able to fly thanks to ...

The early pterosaurs had short heads, necks, and wrist bones to hold their wings, but long tails and fifth toes. When the pterodactyloids emerged from the fossil equivalent of the dark ages all ...

Humans have a long history of misinterpreting ancient fossils. Here are 10 creatures from the dinosaur age that looked way ...

Researchers at Edinburgh University harness new laser technology to discover large sail-like ‘vanes’ at the end of the ...

Paleontologists used UV fluorescence to find 50 Pterodactylus fossils, revealing their full family, from hatchlings to adults ...

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 ...

Just in time for Christmas, paleontologists at the University of Leicester have linked nearly 50 relatives of Pterodactylus, ...

Pterosaurs evolved active flight over 230 million years ago. The discovery of Melkamter pateko in Argentina suggests ...

The discovery pushes back the evolution of advanced pterosaurs and also supports a surprising new setting for their evolution.

Dr Natalia Jagielska, lead author and PhD graduate from the University of Edinburgh, said: “It never ceases to astound me that, despite the passing of hundreds of millions of years, we can put skin on ...