paleontology

An introduction to hadrosauruses that provides information on when and where they lived, what they ate, how they moved, what they looked like, and where their bones have been found.

Readers will learn about the life of the stegosaurus, from how it survived and what it ate to how it went extinct.

"A . . . pocket-sized book presenting the . . . dinosaurs and other creatures that roamed Earth billions of years ago"--Provided by publisher.

"Dinosaurs existed. That's a fact we accept today. But not so long ago, the concept that these giant creatures could have roamed Earth millions of years before humans was unfathomable. People thought what we know as dinosaur bones were the bones of giant humans. Of large elephants. Of angels, even. So, how did we get from angel wings to the T-Rex? The First Dinosaur tells the story of the idea of dinosaurs, and the chain of fossil discoveries and advances in science that led to that idea. Be prepared to meet eccentric men and overlooked women who uncovered the pieces to a puzzle so much bigger than themselves, a puzzle far stranger . . . than they could have ever imagined"--Provided by publisher.

"Engaging images accompany information about fossils. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--Provided by publisher.

Paleontology geek and plus-size fashion blogger Natalie Page lands an internship working with a celebrated paleontologist, but she realizes that in order to stand out in a field dominated by men, she must first learn to stand up for herself.

Constantly changing, Earth sometimes reveals clues about the plants, animals, and other organisms that lived long ago. Fossils teach us much about what life was like millions of years ago, answering the questions of how Earth changed and maybe even why it changed.

Follows the epic rivalry between scientists Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh who raced to uncover dinosaur fossils in the American West during the nineteenth century. Describes how the two discovered dozens of major dinosaur species and founded the discipline of paleontology in America, but their thirty-year war wrecked both men's professional and private lives. Features sidebars, illustrations, and further reading.

Scientists have learned from fossils that Triceratops was a large, slow, plant-eating dinosaur with thick skin and three horns on its face.