Recently, a new species, named Melkamter pateko, has been unearthed in the Chubut province of Argentina. Interestingly, this ...

Long before birds fluttered their wings and took their maiden flight, it was pterosaurs - the distant cousins of birds - that ...

About 230 million years ago, almost 80 million years before the first bird appeared, their distantly related cousins, the ...

The pterosaurs or flying reptiles. SNSB scientists have now identified a new species that shows that the origin of the most ...

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

Today, the wandering albatross holds the title of largest flying creature on the planet. The Antarctic traveler can reach ...

Today, the wandering albatross holds the title of largest flying creature ... Long before feathered animals ruled the sky, flying reptiles called pterosaurs were the commanders of the air.

The largest of these reached ... Biology describes a new species of pterosaur that helps to explain this important transition. They named the animal Skiphosoura bavarica meaning 'sword tail ...

A newly identified species of pterosaur has provided critical insights ... It really helps us piece together how these amazing flying animals lived and evolved. Hopefully this study will be ...