Presents a photographic introduction to fossils, explaining what they are, looking at different types of fossils, and discussing what they reveal about the past.

Presents a photographic introduction to dinosaurs, explaining what they are, tracing the history of dinosaur discovery, and discussing the physical characteristics and behaviors of dinosaurs.

Covering more than 350 of Colorado's mineral, gemstone, and fossil collecting sites, this guide provides rock hunters with an overview of the state's geologic origins and mining history, along with guidelines for safe, legal, and responsible rockhounding.

"The story of life during the past two billion years. . . Here the Fentons tell what fossils are, where they are found, what they mean, and how they are related to plants, animals, and other creatures living on earth today."

The last dinosaurs died 65 million years ago. Their bones hold secrets of the past. a very special Tyrannosaurus Rex named Sue was found in 1990.

Questions and answers explore such topics as what the dinosaurs were, what they ate, what color they were, and how we know about them.

In 2012, a New York auction catalogue boasted an unusual offering: "a superb Tyrannosaurus skeleton." In fact, Lot 49135 consisted of a nearly complete T. bataar, a close cousin to the most famous animal that ever lived. The fossils now on display in a Manhattan event space had been unearthed in Mongolia, more than 6,000 miles away. At eight-feet high and 24 feet long, the specimen was spectacular, and when the gavel sounded the winning bid was over...

The year is 1876. Among the warring Indian tribes and lawless gold-rush towns of America's western territories, two paleontologists pillage the Wild West. They are hunting for dinosaur fossils, while surveilling, deceiving and sabotaging each other in a rivalry that will come to be known as the Bone Wars. Into this treacherous territory plunges the arrogant and entitled Yale student William Johnson. Determined to survive a summer in the west to win...

A detailed presentation of information on dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals.