Before there were birds pterosaurs ruled the skies, soaring above the dinosaurs below. But only recently has the secret of their flight been revealed.

Scientists have discovered a new Cretaceous-era dinosaur species by examining photos of a fossil lost during an allied air ...

The fossil, destroyed in an air raid 80 years ago, had faded from memory until a paleontologist found archival images.

Dinosaur hunters have unearthed pterosaur fossils ... Recent discoveries of soft tissues, such as wing membranes and air sacs, have shed further light on pterosaur flight and physiology.

Researchers have long puzzled over how winged dinosaurs ruled the skies – until now. Pterosaurs were able to fly thanks to large sail-like “vanes” at the ends of their tails, palaeontologists have ...

An air raid in Munich in 1944 destroyed dinosaur fossils from Egypt. Now, photos of those fossils reveal a new discovery. Library of Congress via Unsplash Nearly a century after a collection of ...

Tragically, on July 21, 1944, an Allied air raid devastated the Old Academy building in Munich, where the dinosaur fossil was housed. The resulting fire destroyed a significant portion of the ...

Nitrogen fixing bacteria may have helped some cycads survive to the present day DURHAM, N.C. -- Once a favored food of grazing dinosaurs, an ancient lineage of plants called cycads helped sustain ...