Above the shores of prehistoric seas and lakes, pterosaurs roamed the skies. They were feathered creatures that ranged in ...
At the Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta, Canada, the fossilized neck bone of a flying reptile that lived around 76 […] ...
You might think that if a species died out tens of millions of years ago, its design would be too primitive to have any ...
The first pterosaurs had a sail-like tensioning system for flying with potentially cumbersome tail vanes, which they could have used for displays, a new study finds.
Researchers suggest that studying the biological designs of prehistoric creatures could advance materials science.
The microarchitecture of fossil pterosaur bones could hold the key to lighter, stronger materials for the next generation of ...
I suppose we could try and get it from the parent, but they’re a flying carnivore the size of an F-16,” is Loomis’ snarky ...
Scientists have unearthed in the badlands of Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park the fossilized neck bone of a young Cryodrakon, a type of flying reptile called a pterosaur, that may have died in ...
But modern science is changing that, revealing unexpected connections in the tree of life — and opening our eyes to skies filled with modern feathered, flying reptiles.
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 ...
A bite hole in a rare neck bone fossil discovered in Canada suggests a crocodile-like predator chomped on the flying reptile, either in a deadly attack or a post-mortem scavenged snack.
Three studies of the brain regions responsible for processing sensory information show that their neurons are and communicate ...