Articles related to "Extinct Animals"

As part of a lesson plan or for the home, picture books such as The Lorax, The Waterhole and Uno's Garden can lead the way into discussing the environment with children.

People may not realize it, but the greatest environmental threat to the earth might not be solely degradation, but also the rapid extinctions of plants and animals

Contributions from Larry Niven, Nancy Kress, Will McIntosh, Damien Broderick, and the usual non-fiction from Robert Silverberg, James Patrick Kelly and Paul di Filippo.

The Royal Tyrrell Museum is a favourite place for dinosaur lovers of all ages. It is an easy drive of about 90 minutes from Calgary.

Scientists have found a glitch in equations used to calculate the weight of gigantic dinosaurs such as Diplodocus.

For thousands of years, monstrous flying creatures thought to be pterodactyls have been reported throughout the world, from Arizona to Zambia.

Mammoths, extinct relatives of elephants, fascinate mankind from beyond the grave. They originated in Africa like humans and spread over the Northern Hemisphere.

Witnesses, say Mokele-Mbembe resembles a dinosaur. Scientists searched for indisputable evidence of its existence. Is it possible that species of dinosaurs still survive?

Use this handy glossary of terms to help you better understand meanings of words used in oceanography. This goes along with the Ocean Animals Lesson Plan.

Petroglyphs are images pecked into large boulders by the use of rocks and hammer stones. These images were left by the shamans after their spiritual vision quests.

In December 1912, the world was abuzz with the news that the missing link between apes and humans had been found.

Writer and illustrator Graeme Base has recently released another mystery-solving book for children with a wonderful message and beautifully detailed illustrations.

With the release of Margaret Atwood's newest novel, The Year of the Flood, one must reread Oryx and Crake - a novel she wrote that takes place in a simultaneous future

In the last century, three sub-species of tigers vanished. Several more will likely follow. What can the Bali, Caspian, and Javan tigers teach humans about conservation?