fossils

An identification guide to more than 500 species of fossils from around the world, with more than 1,000 color photographs.

Discusses the nature and formation of fossils, the different types, and how and where to find them.

A research companion to the Magic Tree House story "Dark Day in the Deep Sea," providing facts about sea creatures and the history of underwater exploration.

Simple text and illustrations describe what plant-eating dinosaurs including the Stegosaurus and Triceratops ate, how big they were, and how they got their food.

Provides descriptions and annotated photographs of over five hundred fossils, each with a color illustration that shows the fossil as a living animal or plant, and includes range, distribution, and occurrence indicators.

Provides information about various types of rocks, offers tips for people interested in becoming rock collectors, and features instructions for activities that demonstrate the properties of rocks.

Explores the origins of life on Earth, by studying the fossils of the past, from the early plants and animals, through the age of dinosaurs, and the coming of humans.

Based on the television series "Dinosaur!" Examines the natural history, biology, and controversy that surrounds the Mesozoic period of the dinosaur.

An introduction to fossils: what they are, how they form, what different kinds there are, where they're found, and how scientists learn from them.

Provides an overview of fossils including how they are formed, what they are made of, their historical implications, how they are dated, and how to hunt for them.