Fossilized remains from a giant flying reptile the size of a bus have ... to use their wings to hunt prey - flying through Earth's prehistoric skies before the evolution of birds.

follows years of analysis and modeling of how muscles interact with bones to create movement in other animals and is now being used to start answering the question of how the largest flying ...

It was flying. Pterosaurs were species of prehistoric reptiles with winged bodies and beak-like mouths capable of snatching small animals and insects off the ground. Some pterosaurs — “the ...

The evolutionary adaptations that allowed ancient pterosaurs to grow to enormous sizes have been pinpointed for the first ...

To register your interest please contact collegesales@cambridge.org providing details of the course you are teaching. This book chronicles the complete evolutionary history of insects--their living ...

This collection of viewable prehistoric artifact 3D models was produced by the Smithsonian’s Human Origins Program by 3D scanning casts, other replicas, and some original objects which are now on ...

All insects belong to the phylum Arthropoda. But unlike other arthropods—like lobsters, spiders, or millipedes—insects have three pairs of jointed legs, segmented bodies, an exoskeleton ...

If the thought of eating bugs makes you squirm, we have some bad news: You have probably been chowing down on these many-legged creatures for a long time. The 16-ounce jar of peanut butter in your ...

Slimy, scary, "the size of a Buick" — we use a lot of terms to describe bugs, but "yummy" isn't usually one of them. We associate insect ingestion with reality television shows like Fear Factor ...

Insects also have wings which some of them use to fly with. Look at this pretty butterfly flapping its wings and flying along. Butterflies and moths are some of the most colourful insects of all.

A recent survey from Sleep Doctor shows that 14% of U.S. travelers spotted bed bugs n the last year. It’s the not-so-glamorous side of travel that might make you squirm: Bed bugs are known to ...