http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- New research appears to have ended a scientific debate that has vexed palaeontologists for almost 100 years. http://www.physorg.com/news179660768.html Other Sciences Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:58:10 EST news179660768 (PhysOrg.com) -- Tapejara was an excellent flyer that also had an innate nautical knowledge of sailing. http://www.physorg.com/news175183328.html Other Sciences Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:40:02 EST news175183328 (PhysOrg.com) -- An international group of researchers from the University of Leicester (UK), and the Geological Institute, Beijing (China) have identified a new type of flying reptile - providing the first clear evidence of an unusual and controversial type of evolution. http://www.physorg.com/news174679429.html Other Sciences Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:04:34 EST news174679429 (PhysOrg.com) -- In the Mesozoic Era, 70 million years before birds first conquered the skies, pterosaurs dominated the air with sparrow- to Cessna-sized wingspans. Researchers suspected that these extinct reptiles sustained flight through flapping, based on fossil evidence from the wings, but had little understanding of how pterosaurs met the energetic demands of active flight. http://www.physorg.com/news154161897.html Other Sciences Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:45:42 EST news154161897 Pterosaurs have long suffered an identity crisis. Pop culture heedlessly - and wrongly - lumps these extinct flying lizards in with dinosaurs. Even paleontologists assumed that because the creatures flew, they were birdlike in many ways, such as using only two legs to take flight. http://www.physorg.com/news150483980.html Other Sciences Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:06:20 EST news150483980