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Presents a photographic introduction to dinosaurs, explaining what they are, tracing the history of dinosaur discovery, and discussing the physical characteristics and behaviors of dinosaurs.

"The story of life during the past two billion years. . . Here the Fentons tell what fossils are, where they are found, what they mean, and how they are related to plants, animals, and other creatures living on earth today."

Photographs and text examine different types of shells, including seashells, eggshells, and fossil shells, focusing on such aspects as how shells camouflage themselves and how they may be collected.

Explores the history of dinosaurs, and looks at what archaeologists are learning from modern-day dinosaur discoveries.

Presents a study of dinosaur tracks and follows two young boys in their search for fossils along with paleontologist, Philip Currie, in the Tumbler Ridge area of British Columbia.

Describes fossils, how they are formed, and why they are studied.

Curious George and the man in the yellow hat help some scientists dig for dinosaur bones.

Learn some of the ways that paleontologists work in this book about scientific discovery.

The year is 1876. Among the warring Indian tribes and lawless gold-rush towns of America's western territories, two paleontologists pillage the Wild West. They are hunting for dinosaur fossils, while surveilling, deceiving and sabotaging each other in a rivalry that will come to be known as the Bone Wars. Into this treacherous territory plunges the arrogant and entitled Yale student William Johnson. Determined to survive a summer in the west to win...