Scientists have celebrated a surprising discovery about pterosaurs - the largest flying animals to have ever lived. The ancient reptiles were once tiny tree-climbers but, over time, evolved to ...

Their world included monsters like Quetzalcoatlus northropi, one of the largest flying animals yet discovered, nearly as tall as a giraffe, with a 35-foot wingspan and a likely penchant for ...

Of more than 120 named species, the smallest pterosaur measured no bigger than a sparrow; the largest reached a ... Cuvier deduced that the animal was a flying reptile, whose fourth finger ...