Prehistoric Bayside

"The first people in the New World were few, their encampments fleeting. On a side of the planet no human had ever seen, different groups arrived from different directions, and not all at the same time. The land they reached was fully inhabited by megafauna--mastodons, giant bears, mammoths, sabe...

Discover the mysteries of the rocks that form the world around us and unearth the fossils that tell us the history of our planet!

The “common Insects and Spiders of Rickett’s Point Marine Sanctuary” is the Fifth in the Urban Sanctuary Series. It follows books on Marine Invertebrates & Algae (2012), Birds (2016), Fossils (2017) and Terrestrial Plants (2018). The Rickett’s Point Marine Sanctuary (RPMS), established in 2002, i...

"The fascinating lives and puzzling demise of some of the largest animals on earth. Until a few thousand years ago, creatures that could have been from a sci-fi thriller--including gorilla-sized lemurs, 800-pound birds, crocodiles that weighed a ton or more--roamed the earth. These great beasts, ...

What dinosaur would you be if you had a bony ridge rising from the back of your skull and three horns poking up from the front? Answer: a triceratops! This picture book will keep you guessing as you find out how human skeletons are like-and unlike-those of dinosaurs!

The clearest and sharpest recognition guide to over 500 invertebrate, vertebrate, and plant fossils from around the world. This comprehensive pocket guide is the perfect introduction to finding, identifying, and collecting fossils. It features more than 500 species of plant and animal fossils, fr...