Lucia Washburn

Discusses the discovery and analysis of Archaeopteryx, a feathered dinosaur which may have been an ancestor of modern birds.

Brief diary entries that mark the passage of the seasons introduce the events in the lives of three wolves as they grow from helpless pups to participants in their small pack's hunt.

Describes the parenting habits of the Maiasaura, a dinosaur whose way of raising children bore similarities to that of birds.