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

There are at least 40 known species of flying fish. Beyond their useful pectoral fins, all have unevenly forked tails, with the lower lobe longer than the upper lobe. Many species have enlarged ...

Over time, their tails got smaller, with notable reductions occurring by the Jurassic era. Most flying vertebrates evolved shorter bony tails as they took to the skies, likely improving their ...