Among vertebrates, pterosaurs were the first to achieve powered flight. Early pterosaurs have tail vanes — similar in appearance to the frills seen on some lizards — but later species Keep reading
Tag: dinosaurs
Keeping Cool in the Cretaceous
I love that fluid dynamics can bring new insights to other subjects, like this study on how heavily-armored ankylosaurs avoided heat stroke. Scans of ankylosaur skulls show a complicated, twisty Keep reading