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A 100-million-year-old fossil pterosaur found in Australia has been discovered to have had a large and muscular tongue. The fossil, named Haliskia peterseni, was found by Kevin Petersen and is the most complete pterosaur ever found in Australia. The creature, estimated to have had a wingspan of 4.6 meters, would have resembled a giant pelican and had a mouth full of spiky teeth. The team believes that the tongue was used to catch and hold prey, such as squid and fish, and to push the meal down into its throat. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on a 100-million-year-old pterosaur with a 50-centimeter-tall head crest that must have made flying long distances challenging, according to paleontologists.

The article focuses on a study on the fossil bones of a pterosaurs which reveals its capability to fly within minutes of hatching, published in an issue of "Scientific Reports".

The article discusses research done by Martín Ezcurra at the Bernardino Rivadavia Argentine Museum of Natural Science in Buenos Aires and his team on the possibility that the lagerpetids were the ancestors of pterosaurs.

The article discusses a study by Martin Lockley and his colleagues at the University of Colorado Denver which found that the fossil prints near Sacheon City in South Korea which were first thought to belong to a pterosaur could actually have been made by a large bipedal ancestor of crocodiles about 110 to 120 million years ago.

The article presents several scientific hypotheses including a three-dimensional (3D) model built by researchers which seem to show that giant pterosaurs flew by first leaping off the ground; restoration of a giant peatland that is important for wildlife in Northern Ireland, called Garron Bog; and the failure of face recognition systems to recognise a woman in China after a nose job.

The article reports on research that concluded that fossilised pterosaur eggs found in Jinzhou, China in 2017 indicate that the winged reptiles may have broken out of their eggs with their wings fully formed and ready to fly.

The article focuses on the discovery of fossil feathers on pterosaurs. It states fossils discovered as far back as the 1840s revealed pterosaurs possessed fur on their bodies and head which was named pycnofibres by paleontologists. It mentions that fossil discoveries from the 21st century found pycnofibres that possess branched filaments similar to feathers found on a number of dinosaurs. It speculates that the common ancestor of pterosaurs, theropods, and in some ornithischians had feathers.

The article offers information on identification of eggs of pterosaur Hamipterus tianshanensis by Xiaolin Wang of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which mention about the need of parental care during hatching as some of the eggs and embryos were in different stages upon the computed tomography.

The article reports on the possibility that pterosaurs were furry and not feathery and were similar to birds, as suggested by a set of footprints discovered on a preserved rock near Cryassac, France. A team led by Kevin Padian of the University of California, Berkeley, found that pterosaurs could have stalled like other present birds in order to rotate its body. In addition, some paleontologists are wondering if pterosaurs can really fly.

The article reports on how pterosaurs became the biggest animals ever to fly despite weighing the same as an elephant. Leathery-winged pterosaurs evolved 220 million years ago from the same group of reptiles that gave rise to crocodiles and, later, birds. According to Leon Claessens at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, pterosaur fossils revealed that their hollow bones contained air sacs linked to the dinosaur's lungs.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to the article by Katsufumi Sato regarding the correlation of the maximum weight and air currents for the soaring capacity of albatrosses and pterosaurs in the October 4, 2009 issue.

The article offers scientific information about albatrosses and pterosaurs, citing the results of a research by Katsufumi Sato of the University of Tokyo, Japan. He traveled to the Crozet Islands, halfway between Madagascar and Antarctica to study such animals. Using accelerometers he attached to the wings of 28 birds from five large species, including the albatross he found that each species has two flapping speeds.

This article focuses on a study related to pterosaurs. Pterosaurs, the reptiles that ruled the air 200 million years ago, had a neat aerodynamic trick. Like aircraft today, they used wing flaps to generate extra lift. Calculations based on what was known from fossils failed to explain how pterosaurs could have generated enough lift to become airborne from a standing start, or fly slowly enough to land without breaking their bones. The riddle has been solved by researcher Matthew Wilkinson and colleagues in the animal flight group at the University of Cambridge, who have studied well-preserved fossils from the Santana formation in Brazil.

This article reports that young pterosaurs could fly soon after hatching. The reptiles were also precise flyers capable of making exquisite landings, two fossil discoveries reveal. Before they can fly, birds must develop flight feathers and grow to almost their adult size. Bats are born with only rudimentary limbs, so they must also grow to near-adult size before taking wing. Yet pterosaurs could fly almost immediately, when their wing span was just 10 to 20 per cent the size of an adult's, says Dave Unwin of the Natural History Museum at Humboldt University in Berlin. Jean-Paul Billon-Bruyat, a palaeontologist from the Swiss state of Jura, says that the trackway, discovered in France, shows that the animal slowed its flight to touch down lightly on its hind feet, dragged its toes, and then made a short hop.

A spectacular fossil, the only one known to contain an embryonic pterosaur, suggests the flying reptiles laid soft eggs rather than hard ones. Fossilized dinosaur eggs are common, although very few contain the bones needed to identify the parents. The new find comes from the Liaoning fossil beds in north-eastern China, which are famed for preserving impressions of bird and dinosaur fossils. The embryo is nearly complete, with its wing bones folded tightly to fit into a volume about the size of a chicken egg.

Presents results of several scientific research. Administration of the antibiotic doxycycline in treating onchocerciasis. Declaration of the true color of the universe; Determination of the flight mechanism of a giant pterosaur.

Reports on scientist David Unwin's study of pterosaur species with a number of known individuals, showing that only a few grew to twice the usual adult size for their species. Theory that pterosaurs could grow very fast under favorable conditions; Fossils discovered in Texas, Romania and Spain, indicating that some types of pterosaur reached very large sizes; Disappearance of pterosaurs after a possible asteroid impact.

Presents science-related news briefs, as of November 25, 2000. Three new species of mouse lemur which were discovered in Madagascar; Speculation on how long the pterosaurs were on earth; Difficulty of predicting when a woman will be fertile; Use of smell by jellyfish in order to capture prey.

Reports on research insights into the flying abilities and lifestyle of pterosaurs. Discovery of bones from the Atacama region in Chilean Andes; Theory of catastrophic deluge.

Reports on fossil evidences in Russia showing the similarity of pterosaurs with modern bats. Importance of understanding the nature of pterosaur flight to determine its evolution and cause of extinction; Analysis conducted by David Unwin and Natasha Bakhurina of the University of Bristol.

Presents a link between the discovery of what appear to be pterosaur tracks in Europe and the United States and the mystery of how these reptiles walked on land. Photographs of tracks from France and the western United States showing imprints of both rear and feet; Unclear evolution of their flight and relationship with other reptiles.

Reports on paleontological studies indicating that the pterosaur Quetzalcoatlus fed on arthropods far away from the coast. Length of neck; Wingspan.