Digging for Bird-Dinosaurs: An Expedition to Madagascar (Scientists in the Field)

Reading Level: 4^th − 5^th Grade

The extinction of dinosaurs some sixty-five million years ago is one of the greatest biological catastrophes in the history of our planet. Yet in recent years, paleontologists have turned up increasing evidence that ancestors of one group of dinosaurs still fly among us: birds. Join Cathy Forster, one of the few female paleontologists working today, on an expedition to Madagascar in search of clues to the mystery of bird evolution.

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Nic Bishop

Nic Bishop, who holds a doctorate in the biological sciences, is an award-winning author and photographer known for his outstanding stop-action wildlife photographs. He lives in Kalamazoo, Michigan, with his wife and a bevy of animals under study.

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ISBN-13

9780618196821

Lexile Measure

1000

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Publisher

Clarion Books

Publication date

March 25, 2002

Series

Scientists in the Field

BISAC categories

JNF051000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | General

Library of Congress categories

Dinosaurs
Travel
Madagascar
Birds, Fossil
Forster, Cathy

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