Learn why some dinosaurs had air sacs in their vertebrae and how it relates to modern day birds.

These pterosaurs soared over South America during the middle of the Cretaceous period, more than a hundred million years ago. At that time a large saltwater lagoon covered the Araripe area ...

pterosaurs and hairy-feathered birds filled the skies. But as the continents spread, the ocean currents churned with ever more vigor. After a temperature spike in the mid-Cretaceous, the climate ...

Two large-bodied azhdarchoid pterosaur fossils, dated to the Late Cretaceous period, were unearthed from the Afro-Arabian region. One fossil represents the known species Arambourgiania ...

It's not clear why some dinosaurs and pterosaurs, such as Quetzalcoatlus, got so large during the Cretaceous Period. Some think it could be related to what gases were in the atmosphere, while others ...

Pterosaurs, Greek for “wing lizards,” arrived on the scene in the Triassic Period, perhaps as early as around 237 million years ago. These original vertebrate fliers preceded birds by at least ...

Named Guidraco venator for “ghost dragon hunter,” a 120 million-year-old fossil skull appears most closely related to pterosaurs found in Brazil. Amid cuts to federal funding, US universities tighten ...

The cylindrical pterosaur fossil, nicknamed “Satsuma ... discovered it in the Goshoura strata from the Cretaceous Period (about 100 million years ago) on the coast of Shishijima island in ...

Our pterosaur collection does not include any material from the Triassic, but has specimens from most stages of the Jurassic and Cretaceous.