New and forthcoming books that are worthy of attention but that have not been fully reviewed.
Most naturalists will recognize the person so honored in the names of species such as Sylvilagus audubonii (the Desert, or Audubon’s, Cottontail) or Setophaga townsendi (Townsend’s Warbler), but what about Edalorhina perezi (Pérez’s Snouted Frog)?
Discovered in 1837 in Guiana and named for the newly crowned Queen Victoria of England, Victoria regia – the enormous Amazonian water lily now known as Victoria amazonica – became the botanical obsession of Victorian England.
Not only is Princeton University Press about to release Mark Witton’s new book Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy later this month, they’re providing a free online sneak peek into the first chapter.
Although now strongly identified with the southwestern U.S. deserts where the few remaining “wild” individuals can still be seen flying more-or-less free, the California Condor was once found as far north as British Columbia.