Researchers have long puzzled over how winged dinosaurs ruled the skies – until now. Pterosaurs were able to fly thanks to large sail-like “vanes” at the ends of their tails, palaeontologists have ...
Air sacs, found in both extinct dinosaurs and modern birds, helped these creatures capture more oxygen and regulate body temperature. Their presence in sauropods played a critical role in enabling ...
Nitrogen fixing bacteria may have helped some cycads survive to the present day DURHAM, N.C. -- Once a favored food of grazing dinosaurs, an ancient lineage of plants called cycads helped sustain ...