Pterosaurs acquired flight "in a burst at their origin," giving scientists new insights into the biological laws of flight ...

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.

A new study using advanced fossil imaging reveals that ancient pterosaurs may have mastered flight almost instantly when they first appeared, without the large brains that supported flight in birds. A ...

Pterosaurs, the first vertebrates to master powered flight, did so with brains that were far smaller than many scientists ...

Ancient pterosaurs may have taken to the skies far earlier and more explosively than birds, evolving flight at their very ...

Flying reptiles of the prehistoric skies, pterosaurs, are long extinct but continue to reveal the secrets of evolution. These ...

“Interestingly, we found that pterosaurs had relatively small brains, comparable in size to those of non-flying dinosaurs and ...

It can be fun to imagine what it was like when dinosaurs were alive on Earth, lurking under the water, defending their territories on land and soaring through the sky. But wait, that imaginary ...

One close glimpse of a modern bird, especially around the eyes, and it may feel like you're looking into the ancient past, when massive creatures walked the Earth and soared across its skies. It's ...

Learn more about the animals you thought were dinosaurs, and the animal we thought wasn't a dinosaur, but actually is. Cody Cottier is a freelance journalist for Discover Magazine, who frequently ...

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