Based on cutting-edge science, dinosaurs are revealed, as never before, in specially commissioned photographs and illustrations that highlight the latest paleontological insights into dinosaur posture and gait, musculature and internal organs, behavior, and the reasons for extinction.

The author focuses on some of the least huggable members of the animal world -- porcupines, snapping turtles, cormorants, bats, mice, moles.

This book will help you explore a thrilling underwater world, revealing exciting things about these fascinating fish of the deep, including the 12-tonne whale shark and the deadly great white. There are puzzles, quizzes and projects to do - make your own prehistoric shark, learn about sharks' sixth sense and find out which shark would fit in the palm of your hand.

Most readers are familiar with small lizards they see at the zoo and the fluffy pet mammals they may keep, from dogs to bunnies. But in prehistoric times, some reptiles and mammals were enormous, terrifying creatures! In this volume, readers can discover reptiles, mammals, sea creatures, and birds of the prehistoric era they may have never heard of. Fascinating details accompany illustrations of what each creature was likely to look like, and what...

Simple text describes types of vertebrates, where they live, and how they survive.

Covers the fossils on display at the American Museum of Natural History and the explorers who unearthed them, including Henry Fairfield Osborn, Barnum Brown, and Roy Chapman Andrews.

A portrait of nineteen different animals, including man, from their inner skeleton to their outer form. An enthralling and instructive "inside-outside" book. Biology.

A remarkable collection of the world s most incredible creatures and the stories behind their remarkable survival into the modern age.