"Learn about the dinosaur known as Coelophysis, from what it ate to how it lived."--

Examines what researchers have discovered about dinosaurs, and features color illustrations of what the author imagines dinosaurs looked like, based on the fossil record.

Descriptions of the strangest and the most famous dinosaurs, including new discoveries.

Introduces the age of the dinosaurs, fossil discoveries, and current theories about their behavior and disappearance.

Describes the most recent discoveries about the how the dinosaurs lived and how they became extinct.

Provides a description of the psittacosaurus, a dinosaur species that lived from about 120 million to 98 million years ago, discusses the history of psittacosaurus discovery and study, and speculates on what life was like for the psittacosaurus during the Cretaceous period.

Presents what we know, or can conjecture, about the various species, the life cycles, and the extinction of the dinosaurs.

It is time for Neffy the Microraptor to fly but she does not know how, so she asks some of the feathered dinosaurs she meets if they can fly.

Follows the evolution of the dinosaurs from the first dinosaurs to the mass extinction sixty-five million years ago.

"The Science of Dinosaurs digs into the science behind some of prehistory's biggest, deadliest, and most fascinating creatures."-- Explains the scientific background to dinosaurs, including their environment, giant dinosaurs, prehistoric flying reptiles, fighting, hunting, and the circumstances leading to their extinction.