Reintroducing Hawaii's sacred crow, how desert ants find their way, pterosaurs paddle-like tails, and how gophers rebuild ...

JONATHAN LAMBERT, BYLINE: Upon finding this fossil, Pickles, of the University of Reading, sent it to a colleague who identified that it was the neck vertebra of a pterosaur. Pterosaurs were the ...

MARTÍNEZ: NPR science correspondent Jonathan Lambert picks up the story. JONATHAN LAMBERT, BYLINE: Upon finding this fossil, Pickles, of the University of Reading, sent it to a colleague who ...

Tens of millions of years after a young pterosaur took its last breath in present-day Canada, paleontologists are investigating its death.

The pterosaurs studied by the team belonged to ... Rhamphorhynchus had a long tail with a kite-shaped tail vane filled with intersecting structures resembling ribs and spars in an airplane wing ...

The vanes on early pterosaur tails were supported by criss-crossing fibers and tube-like structures, providing stability and direction during flight.

As the skies across India prepare to fill with colourful kites this Makar Sankranti, it’s easy to overlook the hidden dangers lurking in the threads holding them aloft. Kite flying, an age-old ...

Before there were birds pterosaurs ruled the skies, soaring above the dinosaurs below. But only recently has the secret of their flight been revealed.