The skies were empty for most of Earth’s history, but then light‑boned reptiles mastered powered flight roughly ...

Early pterosaurs loved temperate and humid habitats – and it might explain why their fossils are hard to find today.

A groundbreaking discovery has just placed Japan on the map of ancient flying creatures. For the first time in history, ...

Paleontologists on the Isle of Skye in Scotland have unearthed the largest pterosaur known from the Jurassic period.

Japanese researchers name Nipponopterus mifunensis, the first pterosaur species identified from skeletal fossils found in Japan.

A group of researchers has recently made an astounding discovery. Using an innovative imaging technique, an international team of scientists has uncovered remarkable details of a pterosaur's soft ...

As if the thought of a flying pterosaur with a 6.5 foot wingspan dominating Earth’s skies wasn’t terrifying enough, paleontologists have now found an even older pterosaur ancestor with some ...

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.

A new species of pterosaur was discovered from a period and location that came as a "complete surprise" to the team of paleontologists. The remains of the pterosaur were found on the Isle of Skye ...

Unlike its pterosaur relatives, Venetoraptor would not have been able to fly. However, Dr. Müller hypothesizes that Venetoraptor’s large hands and curved claws could have helped it to climb ...

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.