About 210 million years ago, a strange "bird" with a pelican-like pouch, big fangs and a large, five-foot wingspan circled above the Utah desert, searching for its next meal. Now, after discovering ...

The fossil of a 170 million-year-old pterosaur, described as the world’s best-preserved skeleton of the prehistoric winged reptile, has been found on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, scientists said ...

Paleontologists have discovered the remains of a new species of pterosaur in the rugged desert of northeastern Utah, according to a study published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution. The ...

A rare, near-complete fossilized skeleton of a pterosaur was found in Scotland. It would have been the largest animal to fly 170 million years ago, with an 8-foot wingspan. The fossil changes our ...

The fossil of a 170-million-year-old pterosaur was found during a recent dig in Scotland. Better known as a pterodactyl, it’s the largest preserved skeleton of a pterosaur specimen found from the ...

June 12 (UPI) --Pterodactyls, the flying reptiles that screeched across the Jurassic skies millions of years ago, were born ready to take to the skies immediately -- a characteristic unmatched in ...

In the cinema version of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Lost World, a remote wilderness is peopled with fantastic dinosaurs, purported survivors of the Age of Reptiles (200 million to 60 million years ago).

CHICAGO -- A prehistoric fossil mystery has been solved with the help of a researcher at the Field Museum. The 20-foot long reptile was discovered in 1852. Ever since then, scientists have been trying ...