Living Dinosaurs offers a snapshot of our current understanding of the origin and evolution of birds. After slumbering for more than a century, avian palaeontology has been awakened by startling new discoveries on almost every continent. Controversies about whether dinosaurs had real feathers or whether birds were related to dinosaurs have been swept away and replaced by new and more difficult questions: How old is the avian lineage? How did birds learn to fly? Which birds survived the great extinction that ended the Mesozoic Era and how did the avian genome evolve? Answers to these questions may help us understand how the different kinds of living birds are related to one another and how they evolved into their current niches. More importantly, they may help us understand what we need to do to help them survive the dramatic impacts of human activity on the planet.

Ever wondered why the dinosaurs didn’t survive? In this fascinating non-chronological report the success story of crocodiles and lizards (focusing on monitor lizards), and some of the reasons why they have survived since the time of the dinosaurs is explored. • Purple/ Band 8 books offer developing readers literary language, with some challenging vocabulary. • Text type - A non-chronological report. • The book includes a contents page on page 1, plus a glossary and index on pages 20 and 21. • A fact chart on pages 22 and 23 summarises the distinguishing aspects of each of crocodiles and monitor lizards. • Curriculum links - Science: Humans and other animals.

Dinosaurs Living in My Hair! 2 Release Date. February 2018. In a world where so much attention is spent focusing on differences, Dinosaurs Living in My Hair!2 is an opportunity to focus on what we have in common. First grade challenges. Curly Hair. Friendships. Mean Kids. And yes . . . Dinosaurs who stir up the drama and add flavorful imaginative chaos. Now that's the recipe for a great book.Rose-Vallee and Matsick team up again to weave their magical combination of rhymes and water-color illustrations. The attention to detail will not go unnoticed. Fiction, for sure, but if imaginations are large enough children will ask themselves, "Could it be true?"

This exciting series introduces kids to the wonders and dangers of many worlds: underwater, forest, jungle, savanna, and the land of dinosaurs. 3D pictures and realistic sounds bring to life the atmosphere of nature in all its wildness. Informative pull-out cards provide detailed information about each creature.

Recreates life among the dinosaurs living in North America seventy-five million years ago.

Sauropods, those huge plant-eating dinosaurs, possessed bodies that seem to defy every natural law. What were these creatures like as living animals and how could they reach such uniquely gigantic sizes? A dedicated group of researchers in Germany in disciplines ranging from engineering and materials science to animal nutrition and paleontology went in search of the answers to these questions. Biology of the Sauropod Dinosaurs reports on the latest results from this seemingly disparate group of research fields and integrates them into a coherent theory regarding sauropod gigantism. Covering nutrition, physiology, growth, and skeletal structure and body plans, this volume presents the most up-to-date knowledge about the biology of these enormous dinosaurs.

Offers the very latest information on dinosaur eggs, hatchlings and babies, as well as a detailed look at dinosaur courtship, mating, nests, and physical development.