Learn more about some of the most unique dinosaurs, prehistoric reptiles, and flying reptiles discovered in 2024.

A vegetarian piranha from the Amazon and a flying dinosaur found on the Isle of Skye are among the species previously unknown ...

A vegetarian piranha from the Amazon and a flying dinosaur found on the Isle of Skye are among the species previously unknown ...

The Natural History Museum and its partners named almost 200 species in the last 12 months. New finds include a snake from ...

Scientists from the Natural History Museum and others they work with, have named almost 200 species in the last 12 months.

This also comes into the work of NHM palaeontologist Paul Barrett, who helped to name a flying pterosaur from the middle ...

Natural History Museum scientists have described and named 190 new species to science in 2024 The list includes a snake named ...

In June 2024, paleontologists made an extraordinary discovery in Oxfordshire, UK—a gigantic Jurassic pterosaur fossil. This remarkable find has captivated the scientific community and the public alike ...

Pterosaurs, flying reptiles, share close evolutionary ties with dinosaurs and crocodiles, with their scientific name meaning "winged lizard". Pterosaurs are one of the most representative groups of ...

The discovery of an unusual new species of pterosaur is shaking up the history ... named the new species Melkamter pateko—the genus name of which translates, aptly, to "winged big lizard." ...