A team of paleontologists has identified, on two pterosaur specimens, four types of feathers shared by dinosaurs and modern ...

Whether it is the bright red of a cardinal or the distinct patterns of parrots, avian species are known for their colorful feathers. Now, some new research suggests flying creatures that dominated ...

Pterosaurs, flying reptiles that coexisted with dinosaurs, have been on a roll lately — or, rather, their fossils have, as a plethora of recent discoveries has helped flesh out the evolutionary ...

An international team of palaeontologists has discovered remarkable new evidence that pterosaurs, the flying relatives of dinosaurs, were able to control the colour of their feathers using melanin ...

Pterosaurs ruled the skies during the age of the dinosaurs, but scientists have long debated if they actually had feathers.Now we know. Not only did these flying reptiles have feathers, but they could ...

The fossilized head crest of a pterosaur with evidence of feathers. Cincotta, A. et al. Nature (2022) Paleontologists studying a well-preserved head crest belonging to a species of pterosaurs say the ...

Pterosaurs -- the flying relatives of dinosaurs -- could control the color of their plumage, researchers have discovered. Pterosaurs lived alongside dinosaurs, 230 million to 66 million years ago. The ...

Palaeontologists have discovered remarkable new evidence that pterosaurs, the flying relatives of dinosaurs, were able to control the color of their feathers using melanin pigments. An international ...