It is about a bird named Francine who travels back in time to learn about her ancient relatives, the dinosaurs.

VOA: special.2009.09.23

He says they are part of the genome of the last common ancestor of all birds,frogs, dinosaurs and mammals.

VOA: special.2010.06.29

Scientists think the largest dinosaurs would have to have spent thirty hours a day chewing and swallowing their food.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

For her the idea that birds have come from dinosaurs is just common knowledge and there's nothing surprising in that at all."

VOA: special.2009.12.01

Fossil records of the stomach contents of the larger dinosaurs suggest they swallowed these young dinosaurs whole.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

The idea that dinosaurs and birds were somehow related first was reported in the nineteenth century.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

According to the journal Biological Reviews,most dinosaurs did not take the time to chew their food.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

Another team of researchers recently reported on the existence of two colors from different dinosaurs.

VOA: special.2010.03.16

It helps them better understand not only how dinosaurs looked but also how they behaved.

VOA: special.2010.03.16

And if that is not exciting enough, the friends discover an underground land of dinosaurs.

VOA: special.2009.06.12

Some experts believe the crash led to the death of dinosaurs and other ancient creatures.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

But there is one animal on Earth today that may help scientists learn about dinosaurs.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

Scientists and explorers in the United States have discovered two new species of horn-faced dinosaurs.

VOA: special.2010.10.05

She says she is nine years old and has liked dinosaurs since she was six.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

They plan to use this method to identify the colors of other feathered dinosaurs.

VOA: special.2010.03.16

That argument is whether or not birds came from dinosaurs, as most experts agree.

VOA: special.2010.03.16

He and other experts believe that birds developed from creatures that were not dinosaurs.

VOA: special.2010.03.16

And,we will tell about a discovery that could change scientific beliefs about dinosaurs.

VOA: special.2009.10.13

The animal was believed to be a fierce predator that ate other dinosaurs.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

So how could dinosaurs have been able to eat enough to stay alive?

VOA: special.2010.06.04

But not all dinosaurs were huge like the famous Tyrannosaurus or Brontosaurus.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

Many children's books show T.rex fighting bloody battles with other huge dinosaurs.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

The scientists believe the dinosaurs are close relatives of the plant-eating triceratops.

VOA: special.2010.10.05

He says dinosaurs probably could not get off the ground to fly.

VOA: special.2010.03.16

There are some signs of conflict between T-rex and other large dinosaurs.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

If that is correct, the first bird-like dinosaurs did not fly.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

They developed more than a hundred million years before the dinosaurs.

VOA: special.2009.04.03

T.rex was one of the largest meat-eating dinosaurs that ever lived.

VOA: special.2009.09.01