A forearm bone from a pterodactyloid, dating back to the Middle Jurassic, has been discovered in Oxfordshire's Stonesfield ...

When a pterosaur destroys Jen’s dino proximity machine, Andy goes on an adventure to retrieve the pieces. Along the way, he meets velociraptors, an Alamosaurus and some hungry Gorgosaurus.

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

The latest clues hint at where pterosaurs — the first vertebrates to fly — came from, how they evolved, what they ate and more.

In a study of fossils, a research team led by an evolutionary biologist at Johns Hopkins Medicine suggests that a group of giant reptiles alive up to 220 million years ago may have acquired the ...

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Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Around 110 million years ago, an apparent dinosaur ate two pterosaurs and four fish and, for whatever reason, threw them back up. A rare mix of geological conditions preserved this dinosaur vomit for ...

Unlike in the advanced labs under the watchful eye of Jurassic Park scientists on the fictional Isla Nublar, much of paleontology isn’t so glamorous. From days spent in remote desert landscapes to ...

My impression was possibly death by "surprise". A young critter has little to no experience with nature's extremes. I'd expect them to emulate the adults, since imitation is often how the young adapt ...

A piece of rock that rolled off a geological formation in Brazil held the key to the discovery of a new prehistoric species. Giaretta, et al (2025) Papers in Palaeontology As scientist Ariovaldo ...

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