A rare Triassic fossil site reveals North America's oldest known pterosaur, Eotephradactylus mcintireae, in what was once a ...

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Smithsonian researchers have linked discoveries within Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park with a previously unknown ...

At a remote bone bed in Arizona, researchers have unearthed North America's oldest known pterosaur, offering groundbreaking insights into the evolution of these ancient flying reptiles. What does this ...

Petrified Forest National Park is world- renowned for its petrified wood deposits, but much less known for its mining history and potash deposits.

The gull-sized pterosaur was found at the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona along with hundreds of other fossils dating back 209 million years—to the late Triassic period,—filling a gap in the ...

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A team of researchers led by the Smithsonian has discovered the oldest known pterosaur fossil in North America. Pterosaurs were flying reptiles that lived alongside dinosaurs and were the first ...

The Red Rock Ranger District added another 3.3 miles of trail following the completion of the Del Sol Trail. Work took place ...

The Sedona Community Center has received a $10,000 influx of funds from Yavapai County to support its Meals on Wheels program ...

With its unique stand of trees turned into stone, The Petrified Forest between Sonoma and Napa counties is seeking buyers for ...

Approximately 331 million people visited American national parks in 2024, representing a 2% year-over-year growth and the fourth straight year of growth.President Woodrow Wilson in 1916 signed the ...