The bones of pterosaurs, like those of birds and many dinosaurs, were filled by extensions of the lungs called air-sacs, and they were extremely thin ... membrane between the wrist and the base of the ...

This dinosaur’s skull was light as air but its mouth was packed with power—and a unique ability to quickly grow teeth. Here’s ...

The cast needed to be created to be displayed outside, where it would be exposed to the fluctuating weather and temperatures of London. On top of that, making it out of heavy bronze for the entire 25 ...

Most of the UK's dinosaur fossils have been discovered in southern England at coastal sites such as the Jurassic Coast of Dorset and the Isle of Wight, the clay quarries of Surrey or the Cotswolds.

Museum Tech John Ferro hands off a section of corrugated plastic board that covered the Age of Reptiles mural in the Burke Hall of Dinosaurs during renovation of the Yale Peabody Museum in New ...

Bone cavities called air sacs appeared in the ancestors of long-necked dinosaurs about 225 million years ago, according to the analysis of a specimen found in Rio Grande do Sul state, South Brazil.

Bone cavities called air sacs appeared in the ancestors of long-necked dinosaurs about 225 million years ago, according to the analysis of a specimen found in Rio Grande do Sul state, South Brazil ...

Based on imaging, the researchers estimate these air sacs made up 69 to 77 percent of M. sinocanadorum's neck bones. "Such a lightweight build would have been critical to lightening the gargantuan ...

It would also allow them to mover faster. The air sacs would have buttressed and reinforced the internal structure of the dinosaurs’ bones while creating a greater surface area of attachments for ...

Brazilian paleontologist Tito Aureliano found that hollow bones filled with little air sacs were so important to dinosaur survival, they evolved independently several times in different lineages ...

Inside elephant skulls are large air sacs which allow the animal to move its massive head and heavy tusks without straining the neck muscles. The human brain is also protected by two layers of hard, ...