The connection between dinosaurs and birds has been known ever since 1868, when Thomas Henry Huxley first claimed that birds ...

Pterosaur wings were built from soft tissue and membrane, none of which survives in the fossil record. A new study reveals ...

When was the last time a bird pooped on you? Apparently, you have a better chance of winning the lottery than you do of getting pooped on by a bird, which is why some cultures consider this unexpected ...

A groundbreaking study reveals that pterosaur wing shapes were more diverse than previously thought, reshaping our understanding of these ancient flying reptiles and their flight capabilities.

Pterosaurs ruled the air long before birds did, and over more than 100 million years they grew into everything from small fliers to giants with wingspans above 10 meters. That range should have ...

The site was opened to the public in 1917, partly closed in the 1970s, then shut for good in 2002, as a century or so of gaping admiration revealed the paint-stripping effects of moisture and carbon ...

SAGITTARIUS RISING—Cecil Lewis— Harcourt, Brace ($2.50). When Cecil Lewis joined the British Royal Flying Corps in the spring of 1915 he was 17 years old. The mechanically-minded son of a minister, he ...

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A recent fossil discovery is offering new insights into what pterosaurs actually ate, challenging long-held assumptions about these ancient rulers of the skies. In a study published in the ...

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At a remote bone bed in Arizona, dense with fossils dating back around 209 million years, a Smithsonian-led team of researchers has discovered North America’s oldest known pterosaur, according to a ...

Miles from shore, deeper in Everglades National Park than the public is allowed, I slowly sank to my ankles in mangrove muck under a low dome of twisted branches. Fish heads, feathers, and eggshells ...