A flying relative of dinosaurs, Bakiribu waridza (“comb mouth” in the Kariri language) filtered crustaceans and other small organisms from rivers and lakes, where it was likely swallowed by a predator ...

Over the past half century, researchers have established that birds evolved from dinosaurs: specifically, the theropods, the ...

Pterosaurs were the first vertebrates to achieve powered flight, giving them access to an entirely new ecological space.

A team of paleontologists has identified, on two pterosaur specimens, four types of feathers shared by dinosaurs and modern ...

It’s winter, the snow is falling, you’re cold, and the birds outside your home are chilled – and hungry, too. What should you do for them? First, be aware that feeding wild creatures requires care, ...

When the world slowed down during the COVID-19 pandemic, its effects extended beyond humans. A recent study found that it reshaped urban ecosystems to such an extent that certain city-dwelling birds ...

ATHENS – Flight is a rare skill in the animal world. Among vertebrates, it evolved only three times: in bats, birds, and the long-extinct pterosaurs. Pterosaurs were the first to master the skies more ...

ATHENS, Ohio — Flight is a rare skill in the animal world. Among vertebrates, it evolved only three times: in bats, birds, and the long-extinct pterosaurs. Pterosaurs were the first to master the ...

For more than a hundred years, scientists believed flying reptiles called pterosaurs took to the air with birdlike brains. Old fossils seemed to show it. Hard stone casts inside skulls hinted at big ...

Long before birds ruled the air, giant reptiles known as pterosaurs crossed the sky with ease. Fossils show enormous wings, long skulls, and bodies built for movement far above the ground. Pterosaurs ...