paleontologists

Describes the achievements of the scientists who have discovered and interpreted the fossils of the dinosaurs.

Describes the expeditions of Roy Chapman Andrews, examines his scientific discoveries, and includes photographs.

Readers will discover the fascinating answers their enquiring inquiring minds seek through comprehensible text, colorful images, and detailed illustrations.

"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.

"From a very young age, Sue Hendrickson was meant to find things: lost coins, perfume bottles, even hidden treasure. Her endless curiosity eventually led to her career in diving and paleontology, where she would continue to find things big and small. In 1990, at a dig in South Dakota, Sue made her biggest discovery to date: Sue the T. rex, the largest and most complete T. rex skeleton ever unearthed. Named in Sue's honor, Sue the T. rex would be placed on permanent exhibition at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago"--Provided by publisher.

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.

"... takes young readers into the field with paleontologists as they uncover treasured clues left by dinosaurs. Readers will follow what and how scientists have learned about dinosaurs: what they ate; how they raised their young; how they slept, fought, or even if they ever got sick"--Provided by publisher.

Tells the story of the discovery of the first mastodon skeleton in North America uncovered in a farmer's field in New York in 1799.

Describes the work scientists do to find out more about these huge prehistoric animals.

Presents a short biography of the paleontologist Mary Anning.