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

The microarchitecture of fossil pterosaur bones could hold the key to lighter, stronger materials for the next generation of ...

The pterosaurs were the first vertebrates to achieve powered flight. The species evolved to form enormous wingspans reaching ...

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 fossil sheds light on interactions within the Cretaceous food web and may represent the first record of this type of ...

Despite being overshadowed by their terrestrial dinosaur counterparts in popular media, pterosaurs played a crucial role in the prehistoric ecosystems that spanned over 150 million years. This article ...

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. When you purchase through ...

Studying the ancient flying reptiles that lived alongside dinosaurs could help engineers make aeroplanes that are more ...

The microarchitecture of fossil pterosaur bones could be replicated to develop materials for next-gen aircraft.

The University of Manchester team has found that the internal biological structure of pterosaur bones could inspire the ...