A fossil found nearly three decades ago in southwestern Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture has been identified to be a previously ...

KUMAMOTO, Japan (Kyodo) -- A fossil found nearly three decades ago in southwestern Japan's Kumamoto prefecture has been identified to be a previously unclassified genus and species of pterosaur, or ...

Footprints over 160 million years old show that several pterosaur species walked on land. These prints match different flying ...

A new mammal species discovered in Mongolia reveals surprising insights into ancient inland ecosystems and the dietary habits ...

A remotely operated submersible saw the “semi-gelatinous” animal lying on the ocean floor and “flying underwater.” Take a ...

Learn how fossil footprints prove pterosaurs walked the Earth long before they vanished from the sky.

A new study links fossilized flying reptile tracks to animals that made them. Fossilized footprints reveal a 160-million-year-old invasion as pterosaurs came down from the trees and onto the ground.

During the visit, researchers found unfamiliar-looking crabs, the study said. They took a closer look at the “distinctive” animals and realized they’d discovered a new species: Petrolisthes tanmayi, ...