The world of the dinosaurs included some flying reptiles – pterosaurs. But some of the smaller dinosaurs had feathers, and it’s now turning out that some of these feathered dinosaurs could also fly under their own wing power. Prof. Michael Pittman of The Chinese University of Hong Kong tells the story of the origin of flight for the ancestors of the birds of today.

This online event is free and will be streamed through the Science Festival’s YouTube channel, through a link which will be posted up here in advance.