EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS 3-LS4-1 Crosscutting Concept: Scale, Proportion, and Quantity If you ever get the chance to fossil hunting, don't just look for bones or teeth. Keep your eyes peeled for prehistoric poop! Coprolites are a kind of " trace fossil." Separate from "body" fossils, they provide clues to dinosaur behavior. Don't worry, the smell has long since drifted away! It might be hard to identify a coprolite, but these examples still have a fresh "look.

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS 3-LS4-1 Crosscutting Concepts: Scale, Proportion, and Quantity Julia Clarke grew up wanting to be like the intrepid explorer, Indiana Jones . But instead of raiding Lost Arks, she's studying the evolution of birds and dinosaurs. She travels on expeditions to distant lands - like Antarctica's Vega Island - to find fossils. These fossils contain clues to how ancient world sounded, and why birds survived a mass extinction when other di