TOPEKA — About 80 million years ago, the Pteranodon longiceps, a flying reptile, would not have been powerful enough to swoop down and successfully nab the big Xiphactinus audax fish. In a bid to be ...

A family of Pteranodon sternbergi, winged reptiles from the Late Cretaceous, has taken up permanent residence in the entrance lobby of the newly renovated Yale Peabody Museum. Given that famed Yale ...

Paleontologists have long been fascinated by bizarre structures on prehistoric animals. The horns of Styracosaurus, the sail of Dimetrodon, the crest of Tupuxuara and more—these odd ornaments raise ...

Abstract: The function of the exaggerated structures that adorn many fossil vertebrates remains largely unresolved. One recurrent hypothesis is that these elaborated traits had a role in ...