Nature Salon: Dinosaurs - More Than Monsters!

Dull, dim and distant? Not at all! Dinosaurs were colourful, fascinating animals that lived complex lives. They sang, raised families, defended territories, fought rivals, cared for their young and dominated our planet for over 160 million years. And, in a very real sense, they never disappeared at all – just look out of the window.

Join us for a fun, family-friendly Nature Salon with world-renowned palaeontologist Professor Michael Benton and author and conservationist Mary Colwell as we explore what dinosaurs were really like. Discover how scientists can tell what colours they were, how they moved, what they ate, whether they had feathers, what their calls may have sounded like, just how fierce they really were, and why birds are their living relatives.

Packed with astonishing discoveries, surprising facts and plenty of opportunities to ask questions, this is your chance to meet the dinosaurs as modern science now understands them, not as movie monsters, but as extraordinary creatures that continue to challenge and fascinate us today.