Reptile Round-Up: New Apps From PBS, Dr Seuss, & the Smithsonian
Dr. Seuss, PBS Kids, and even the Smithsonian have new apps out filled with dinosaurs, lizards, and snakes, so I’ve been taking a look at several of them.
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Tag: Paleontology
Paleontologists Dig The New Walking With Dinosaurs Movie–And So Will You!
Paleontologist Dr. Stephen Brusatte explains why the fun new “Walking With Dinosaurs” is the most realistic dinosaur movie ever created.
Continue ReadingDinosaur Art: The World’s Greatest Paleoart Because Dinosaurs Never Stop Being Cool
Dinosaurs are amazing creatures made almost mythic because we can’t see them for real. This makes them the perfect creatures for a child’s fertile imagination. Dinosaur Art: The World’s Greatest Paleoart will appeal to these kids with beautiful illustrations that are equally engaging for older kids or adults.
Continue ReadingiDinoBook: Dinosaurs at Your Fingertips
When I was a kid, we learned about five or six different dinosaurs, with coloring pages and songs (“Triceratops with three long horns, a beak for a mouth and a frill where his neck is. Triceratops with four big legs …
Continue ReadingFeathers and Claws and Fangs … Oh My!
My son and I are walking through a dark, jungle, all by ourselves. There’s little sound, other than our footsteps. I stop, having lost track of my son when – all of a sudden – a terrible roar lets loose …
Continue Reading80 Million Year Old Dinosaur Proteins Found
Proteins are one of the essential building blocks of life – think of them as the skilled, manual labour in your body carrying out all essential tasks necessary to keep you functioning. These workers are found all across nature and …
Continue ReadingIndoor Fossil Hunting
If your kids like looking for fossils in the backyard, you can now avoid all the mess by just letting them look in the kitchen. National Geographic reports that a stonecutting factory in Italy found a perfect cross-section of a …
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