CAITLIN COLLEARY
They were big and scary and colored grey, brown, and dull green, like today’s crocodiles or elephants. But wait: What if dinosaurs were brightly colored, like tropical birds, with purple crests, orange bills, and iridescent feathers? Is that just a wildly colored dream? In fact, we’ve just entered the world of paleocoloration. People who work in this emerging field try to discover the true colors of prehistoric creatures. To find out more, we spoke with paleocoloration expert Dr. Caitlin Colleary, assistant curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Cleveland Museum
