Fossils & Archaeology
- How Fossils Work
- How Archaeology Works
- Dinosaur Bones
- How Carbon-14 Dating Works
- Can scientists clone dinosaurs?
- How are fossil replicas made?
- How did dinosaurs leave tracks in solid stone?
- How did scientists find soft tissue in dinosaur fossils?
- How do scientists know if dinosaur fossils are male or female?
- How do scientists know what's inside dinosaur eggs?
- What's so special about a dinosaur named Leonardo?
- How do scientists determine the age of dinosaur bones?
- Kids Uncover Huge Whale Fossil (Video)
- Giant Sea Scorpion (Video)
Background
It isn't hard to imagine the world full of dinosaurs, even though these extinct animals haven't walked the earth for thousands of years. Learn all about dinosaurs, including early dinosaur discoveries, dinosaur fossils, and dinosaur extinction.
- Image Gallery: Dinosaurs
- How Dinosaurs Work
To see a dinosaur these days, you can visit any number of museums or traveling exhibits. But you don't necessarily have to leave your yard either. - Dinosaur Encyclopedia It isn't hard to imagine this scene even though dinosaurs haven't walked the earth for millions of years. Dinosaurs have captured our imaginations.
- Types of Dinosaurs Types of dinosaurs include the lizard-hipped dinosaurs and the bird-hipped divisions of dinosaurs. Both of these types of dinosaurs probably shared a common ancestor during the Middle Triassic. How else are these dinosaurs related?
- Dinosaur Discoveries The oldest record of a fossil dinosaur bones discovery is in a Chinese book written between 265 and 317 A.D. Learn more about dinosaur discoveries and the places they were made in this article.
- Modern Dinosaur Discoveries Modern dinosaur discoveries in the USA and Canada detail important discoveries in recent times. The United States and Canada are home to some of the most vigorous dinosaur research in the world. What are some of these discoveries?
- Recent Dinosaur Discoveries Interest in dinosaurs soared to new heights in the 1990s, thanks largely to the blockbuster film Jurassic Park. So too did dinosaur discoveries. Since 1990, more than 100 new dinosaur genera have been described and named.
- Dinosaur Evolution Dinosaur evolution looks at how dinosaurs developed and changed over the course of time. Paleontologists study the different types of dinosaurs and how they are related to each other. How else is dinosaur evolution studied?
- Dinosaur Extinction Dinosaurs became extinct at the end of the Cretaceous Period. How and why is a puzzle that paleontologists are trying to solve by studying fossils and rock formations. Learn more about the different extinction theories.
- Could dinosaurs swim? Scientists believe that water pressure kept many dinosaurs from swimming. But does that mean that none of these massive animals took a prehistoric skinny-dip?
- Did dinosaurs have feathers? Some people believe that dinosaurs were relatives of today's birds. But, you might ask, if that's so, why didn't they have feathers? Funny you should ask.
- Which of today's animals lived alongside dinosaurs? We all know the cartoons of prehistoric people running from dinosaurs aren't realistic. But many animals living today have ancestors from that time.
- Utah Dinosaur (Video) A newly discovered dinosaur graveyard is yielding hundreds of animals including one especially important, brand-new dinosaur species. Learn more about our earth-ruling predecessors in this video.
- Was T-Rex a hunter? (Video) Summer's dinosaur-hunting season. Get a video sneak peak of an expedition with paleontologist Jack Horner.
- T-Rex Brain Clues (Video) The skull of the T-Rex provides important clues to the animal's brain.
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