paleontologists

Nancy Drew and her friends travel to a paleontology dig but become wrapped up in a mystery involving priceless fossils that have gone missing.

Presents an introduction to fossils, in simple text with illustrations, describing how they are formed, and what they tell us about the past.

This book explores careers in paleontology using examples of real-life scientists.

Profiles the lives of ten important paleontologists, including Edward Hitchcock, Joseph Leidy, Barnum Brown, Roy Chapman Andrews, and Jack Horner.

Provides an introduction to paleontologists and the work they do, looks at where dinosaurs lived throughout the world, and features fold-out illustrations and information about different kinds of dinosaurs, when they lived, their classification, and their extinction.

Jack Horner found his first dinosaur fossil at age eight and knew he wanted to study dinosaurs and become a leading dinosaur expert.

Recounts how different professional and amateur fossil hunters discovered the remains of many different species of dinosaurs.

Profiles eight of the people whose study of dinosaurs has shaped the field of paleontology over the past two hundred years.

A former homicide detective starts work on a Montana ranch when dinosaur bones are discovered on the property, but the excavation attracts both crowds and a murderer.

This book describes the jobs of paleontologists and archaeologists, discussing studying the history of living things by examining fossils, excavating fossils, a prehistoric crocodile, fossils of ancient humans, underwater archaeology, bone collecting, and fieldwork.