By Freda Kreier Around 76 million years ago, something took a bite out of a young pterosaur. Pterosaurs were large, flying reptiles that roamed our planet’s skies when dinosaurs ruled the Earth.

Remains discovered in Germany in 2015 have now been identified as a new pterosaur fossil, solving a mystery that has persisted for 200 years.. Credit: public domain CC0 Well-preserved remains found in ...

Pterosaur vertebra with crocodilian bite found in Alberta Evidence sheds light on predator-prey dynamics in the Cretaceous Period Juvenile Cryodrakon boreas vertebra damaged by ancient crocodilian ...

Pterosaur remains are rare from the lowermost Cretaceous, hampering our understanding of the taxonomic and morphological diversities of pterosaurs during this period. The Lower Cretaceous Tugulu Group ...

Jan. 23, 2025 — 130 years after a fungus-eating plant received its name, a researcher has uncovered the purpose of the structure that inspired its name -- revealing a novel mechanism by which ...