Most flying animals, like birds or bats, have to learn how to use their wings. But that may not have been the case for the pterodactyl, a new study suggests. Remarkably, the flying lizards — not a ...

Pterodactyls are extinct flying reptiles. They lived during the Mesozoic Era (252.2 million to 66 million years ago). Though they might look similar, they’re actually not dinosaurs. They’re related, ...

Think of a pterodactyl and you may imagine a fierce flying predator soaring over volcanoes and prehistoric palms. But the reality for some larger creatures may have been less successful. Engineers ...

Pimply teenage boys have cared for and tended pterodactyls for so long. Up in the attic, these flying dinosaurs soar on their posters and swoop into action scenes of their beloved b movies. But, if I ...

A tiny, toothless pterodactyl with bat-like wings, bird-like claws and a sharp, pointy beak has just been identified from a remarkably well-preserved Chinese fossil, scientists say. The researchers, ...

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 ...