For more than a hundred years, scientists believed flying reptiles called pterosaurs took to the air with birdlike brains.

Scientists say the larger pterosaur had up to an 11 metre wingspan (about 37 feet) and it’s smaller brother, at 1.5 metres (5 feet) was believed to have become extinct because early birds out-competed ...

A new study using advanced fossil imaging reveals that ancient pterosaurs may have mastered flight almost instantly when they ...

Flight evolved only three times among vertebrates: in bats, birds, and the extinct flying reptile called pterosaurs.Of these, pterosaurs were the ...

Regurgitalites — fossilized vomit — are extraordinarily rare. They require an improbable sequence of events. The expulsion ...

Over 166 million years after its time roaming the Earth, scientists announced the discovery of a winged dinosaur skeleton that was found on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. In findings published in the ...

Imagine throwing up after a bad burrito – only for that heave to reveal the existence of onions to scientists 110 million ...

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 ...

In a surprising scientific discovery, researchers have identified a new extinct flying reptile species inside fossilised dinosaur vomit. The remains, known as "regurgitalite," have been stored for ...

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In prehistoric times, winged reptiles soared high above the dinosaurs. Like birds, they laid eggs, gathered food and fed their flightless offspring. For most of history, we didn't know much about ...