Few subjects in the Earth sciences are as fascinating to the public as dinosaurs. The study of dinosaurs stretches our imaginations, gives us new perspectives on time and space, and invites us to discover worlds very different from our modern Earth.

From a scientific viewpoint, however, the study of dinosaurs is important both for understanding the causes of past major extinctions of land animals and for understanding the changes in biological diversity caused by previous geological and climatic changes of the Earth. These changes are still occurring today.

A wealth of new information about dinosaurs has been learned over the past 30 years, and science's old ideas of dinosaurs as slow, clumsy beasts have been totally turned around.

The goal of this website is to help people find answers to some frequently asked questions about dinosaurs, with current ideas and evidence to correct some long-lived popular misconceptions.

Although much has been discovered recently about dinosaurs, there is still a great deal more to learn about our planet and its ancient inhabitants.

New Search Features!

Now that the site has grown to over 800 pages, it was getting a little hard to find what you were looking for.  As a result, we added a search feature to help.
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Fossils Section!

This section is still in progress, but we have begun adding a ton of new data to the Fossils section of the site.
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Our Library is growing!

We've just finished adding "The Ancient Life History of the Earth" by Dr. Henry Alleyne Nicholson to our free online library.
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New Additions to the Dinosaur List

Over the weekend we added an additional 348 dinosaurs to the Dinosaur List.
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