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Journey to a time when sea monsters roamed an ocean in the middle of America.

In Alberta, Canada, an eminent paleontologist disappears from a dinosaur dig site, and at the Cambridge Forensic Center, Kay Scarpetta receives a grisly communication that gives her a dreadful reason to suspect this may become her next case. Then, with shocking speed, events begin to unfold. A body recovered from Boston Harbor reveals bizarre trace evidence hinting of a link to other unsolved cases that seem to have nothing in common. Who is behind...

Based on the television series "Dinosaur!" Examines the natural history, biology, and controversy that surrounds the Mesozoic period of the dinosaur.

When renowned paleontologist Dr. Grant agrees to accompany a wealthy adventurer and his wife on an aerial tour of Isla Sorna, InGen's former breeding ground for prehistoric creatures, he has no idea that he was brought along for a totally different reason. When their plane crashes and they become stranded, they discover the island's native inhabitants are smarter, faster, fiercer and more brutal than imagined.

When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event. "Bayona and his writers wanted to give audiences a different kind of monster movie. That they did."--Chicago Tribune. "This newest entry in the 'Jurassic' series is a pretty good dinosaur movie, entertaining most of the way."--San Francisco Chronicle. "Bayona knows why audiences flock to...

Describes how the fossil remains of the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex was discovered by Susan Hendrickson in South Dakota.