Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration of two Skiphosoura bavarica in flight. For paleontologists, Skiphosoura bavarica shows how these winged reptiles ...

A new analysis of a 120-million-year-old fossil suggests at least one pterosaur species shimmered in iridescent greens and ...

The Mesozoic pterosaur is considered to be the first vertebrate to achieve powered flight and new evidence, also the first of its kind, helps to pin down what exactly this flying reptile ate.

A newly discovered lagerpetid is shedding light on the mysterious evolution of the pterosaurs that once dominated Earth's skies. By Laura Baisas Published Aug 18, 2023 8:00 AM EDT Add Popular Science ...

A rare pterosaur footprint site near Midelt has been lost after a fossil-bearing rock slab was cut and stolen in two stages ...

Paleontologists on the Isle of Skye in Scotland have unearthed the largest pterosaur known from the Jurassic period.

An Australian avocado farmer found the fossilized remains of a pterosaur in the Australian outback that scientists now say is a new species of the prehistoric flying reptile that lived alongside the ...

A few years ago, Maria McNamara was invited to Brussels by fellow paleontologist Pascal Godefroit and presented with an intriguing opportunity. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

An unusual new species of pterosaur has been identified, which had over 400 teeth that looked like the prongs of a nit comb. The fossil was found in a German quarry and has been described by ...

Pterosaurs, the world’s oldest flying reptiles, once flew in Australia’s skies as far back as 107 million years ago, according to a study published Wednesday. Palaeontologists came to that conclusion ...

Artist's interpretation of Venetoraptor gassenae in a Triassic landscape. Pterosaurs and dinosaurs both evolved about 235 million years ago in the Middle to early Late Triassic (about 235 million ...