A Victorian boy earns money by digging for fossils to help his struggling family and makes a great discovery when he unearths a fossilised ichythosaur skeleton.

Fossils provide us with a tantalizing glimpse of Britain's prehistoric past and hold the key to unlocking the secrets of history and evolution. In this informative and practical book, Hermione Cockburn and Douglas Palmer take an in-depth look at the most exciting fossil stories from around Britain.

Comb through beaches for fossils and dive into rock pools in this fun, informative guide to the beauties found along and around seashores.

In 1824, Lyme Regis is as tumultuous as the sea that surrounds it. Wealthy holidaymakers dance in the Assembly Rooms whilst the poor riot over the price of bread, scientists do battle with theologists, and amidst it all, one woman is about to make an extraordinary discovery. When twenty-four-year-old Ada Winters - poor, peculiar and brilliant - uncovers a set of unusual fossils on the cliffs, she believes she has found the answer to her scientific...

A comprehensive pocket guide to dinosaurs and prehistoric animals and the world they inhabited millions of years ago. Packed with more than 700 full-colour illustrations, this definitive pocket guide paints a vivid portrait of extraordinary dinosaurs and prehistoric animals, and the ecosystems they lived in millions of years ago. This guide features authoritative text, crystal-clear artwork, and a straight-forward approach to revealing the fascinating...

What would it be like to visit the ancient landscapes of the past? To experience the Jurassic or Cambrian worlds, to wander among these other lands, as creatures extinct for millions of years roam? In this mesmerizing debut, the award-winning palaeontologist Thomas Halliday gives us a breath-taking up close encounter with worlds that are normally unimaginably distant. Journeying backwards in time from the most recent Ice Age to the dawn of complex...

This book takes a detailed look at fossils, looking at where they can be found, how they developed and how they can be used in the modern world.

This work provides a complete reference for those interested in earth sciences. Each section includes an introduction which explains how phenomena have formed and there are instructions on home testing methods as well as a full directory on rocks and minerals, featuring over 700 in-depth specimen profiles.