You may not NEED to be a cardiovascular machine with a giant brain and an insatiable curiosity to be a paleontologist ... but it sure helps (according to Mike Rowe, anyway).
The raptor Deinonychus earned it's name from a pair of lethal sickle-shaped toes, but there's little about this vicious hunter that isn't specialized for efficient killing.
World travel, summers in the outdoors and a first look at some of the oldest bones in the world. The perks of paleontology are many, as Discovery News' James Williams finds out.
A Tyrannosaurus rex goes head-to-head with a prehistoric dragon. The dragon is outmatched by the T. rex's size, but it's got a few tricks up its sleeve.