Fossils of the world’s oldest megaraptorid and the first-ever carcharodontosaurs in Australia have been discovered, ...

The referred specimen of the enantiornithine bird Shangyang sp. (IVPP V 26899) was recovered near La-Ma-Dong Village in Jian-Chang County, within the Jiufotang Formation (dated ∼120 Ma). It can be ...

Birds are inextricably linked to feathers, which allow them to fly, keep warm and put on dramatic displays. Feathers, however ...

Paleontologists have uncovered fossils of not one, but two apex predator groups coexisting in ancient Victoria, Australia.

Paleontology, the branch of science concerned with fossil animals and plants, is just one of many subjects Nicholson’s ...

Scientists have discovered that the secrets to pterosaur success lie in the microscopic architecture of their bones.

Above the shores of prehistoric seas and lakes, pterosaurs roamed the skies. They were feathered creatures that ranged in ...

The University of Manchester team has found that the internal biological structure of pterosaur bones could inspire the ...

You might think that if a species died out tens of millions of years ago, its design would be too primitive to have any ...

The microarchitecture of fossil pterosaur bones could hold the key to lighter, stronger materials for the next generation of ...

Studying the ancient flying reptiles that lived alongside dinosaurs could help engineers make aeroplanes that are more ...

But, alas, the mosasaurs were not dinosaurs. As with plesiosaurs, the biggest giveaway is its habitat: “With the exception of ...