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• Butterflies
• Close-up
• Dino-birds
• Dragonflies
• Fossil Plants
• Frozen Oceans
• Fungi
• Meteorites
• Seaweeds
• Wildlife Garden

Butterflies
Dick Vane-Wright
published 12 June 2003

• metamorphosis
• mimicry
• mud-puddling

Inspiring people from ancient Egypt to modern-day Japan, butterflies have a special place in our hearts and minds. This new book is a detailed and accessible account of these beautiful and complex creatures, superbly illustrated with accurate colour photographs on every page.

Butterflies is an excellent source of background information on butterfly biology, ecology, evolution and diversity. Perfect for anyone who would like to know more about these extraordinary insects, from country walker to entomologist.

Find out how to distinguish the butterflies from the rest of the Lepidoptera by a group of unique characteristics. Discover how and why butterflies can taste with their feet, and learn the secrets of the hidden purple butterfly valleys of Taiwan and the epic voyages undertaken by the Monarch. Plus ideas for conservation, a glossary and an index.

The author, Dick Vane-Wright, is Head Keeper of Entomology at the Natural History Museum. As an eminent lepidopterist and Fellow of the Royal Society of Entomologists, he has published many scientific papers and in his new book brings his love of insects to a wider audience.

Publication details
0 565 09179 4: paperback: £9.95
112pp: 210x235mm: 18 June 2003
Illustrations: 110 colour photographs
Availability: US Smithsonian,
Aus/NZ CSIRO

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Close-up
Chris Jones and Alex Ball
published 13 May 2004

Every picture has the wow-factor in Close-up, a book full of amazing images created by scanning electron microscope (SEM). Animals, plants and crystals are revealed in a whole new light in a series of beautiful photographs which go beyond the realm of the scientific to be admired for their own sake. At this level of detail, reality can be quite surprising and even the most mundane object becomes a thing of great beauty. Pollen grains, the bane of hayfever sufferers, become dramatic sculptures. The underside of a leaf is an impenetrable thicket of spines and a giant spider looks at you with eight huge eyes. This book is guaranteed to make you look and make you ask questions: what is that? where is it from? what does it do?

SEM technology is a vital scientific tool, able to bypass the limits of conventional microscopy and reveal objects smaller than the wavelength of light itself. Samples usually require extensive preparation including chemical fixation, dehydration and an ultra-thin metallic coating before they are ready to go into the microscope's vacuum chamber.

Although scanning electron microscopes can produce magnifications of over 250,000x, the prize for the largest image ever produced by the Museum's Electron Microscope Unit has to go to the Dutch recycling company that reproduced an image of a 1 centimetre-long honey bee to cover the side of a 10 metre-long lorry!

Authors Chris Jones and Alex Ball are scientists with many years experience in the Museum's Electron Microscope Unit. Their photographs are used widely for scientific research and education as well as books, exhibitions and the media.

• Unique, full colour SEM images
• Images produced by the Natural History Museum's internationally respected Electron Microscope Unit
• Text by Museum experts

Editor's notes

Close-up
published by the Natural History Museum

Authors
NB The authors are available for interview
Alex Ball has worked at the Natural History Museum since 1997 and has a PhD in zoology, specialising in research on gastropod molluscs.

Chris Jones worked at the Natural History Museum from 1988 to 2004 and is now an applications specialist in electron microscopy for Hitachi. His research work has included studies of the minerals in artist's pigments, working with samples from major art galleries.

Publication details
ISBN: 0 565 09172 7
Price: £5.95
Size and extent: 150 x 140 mm; 64 pp
Format: hardback
Publication date: 13 May 2004
Illustrations: colour throughout
Subject classification: popular science; natural history; photography
Market: general readers
UK availability: available in the Natural History Museum Bookshop and bookshops around the UK. Buy online at www.nhm.ac.uk/shop. Order by phone: 01752 202 301.

Natural History Museum Publishing
The Natural History Museum publishes a range of books, which aim to introduce the general reader to a fascinating variety of topics from the natural world.

Exhibition at the Natural History Museum
Fabulous Beasts: Artworks by Mark Fairnington and Giles Revell
Free exhibition open to the public: 13 May - 12 September 2004
This exhibition features SEM imagery manipulated to create large-scale artworks. If you would like to interview Mark Fairnington or Giles Revell, request images or further exhibition information, please contact the Press Office: Tel: 020 7942 5189/5654 Email: press@nhm.ac.uk

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Dino-Birds: From Dinosaurs to Birds
Angela Milner
published 19 November 2002

Did dinosaurs evolve into birds?
What do Tyrannosaurus rex and Erithacus rubecula (the common European robin) have in common? Much more than you might realise, because the robin you see in your garden is actually a modern dinosaur.

For more than 140 years, scientists argued modern birds were linked to dinosaurs. But where was the proof? Sceptics wanted to see the evidence - dinosaurs with feathers. In 2000, local farmers in Liaoning province, northeast China, made a remarkable discovery. They unearthed the missing link, a dinosaur fossil affectionately named 'Fuzzy raptor'. It had the bony skeleton of a predatory dinosaur, but was fringed with a coat of feathers. This exciting discovery finally solved one of nature's great mysteries - how birds evolved from meat-eating dinosaurs.

In Dino-Birds: From Dinosaurs to Birds, leading dinosaur expert Dr Angela Milner reveals the latest thinking on dino-birds. She takes us on a journey of discovery with the help of photographs of the original fossil specimens, which are currently at the centre of a major exhibition, Dino-Birds: The Feathered Dinosaurs of China, showing at The Natural History Museum until 5 May 2003. Dr Milner explores the fascinating story of how dinosaurs evolved into birds by looking at the evidence, the people involved and the debates that ensued.

Dr Angela Milner says, 'My introduction to dino-birds began in 1995 when a photograph of the first discovery of a dinosaur with a feather-like coat was passed around at a scientific conference in New York. The effect was electrifying. A mounting wave of excitement rippled through the audience, which immediately fired the debate on the origin of birds. To many of us, this was the final piece in the puzzle of where birds came from. John Ostrom, an American palaeontologist who was the first to argue the link between 'raptors' and birds, wept tears of joy. It has become even more exciting since then. Each new dino-bird discovery has provided more evidence to strengthen the case that birds are small, feathered dinosaurs. Seeing for myself those beautifully preserved feathers surrounding delicate skeletons was a stunning experience.'

The narrative focuses on the astounding fossil findings from Liaoning. Over the past seven years, since the discovery of the first feathered dinosaur, the fine-grained slate in the area has revealed more and more specimens that have strengthened our knowledge of these mysterious animals.

Dino-Birds: From Dinosaurs To Birds is recommended for those with an interest in ornithology and/or natural history generally. It is illustrated throughout and is the perfect introduction to this fascinating and often controversial subject.

Dr Angela Milner is Deputy Keeper of the Department of Palaeontology, Head of the Fossil Vertebrates Division and a dinosaur researcher at The Natural History Museum, London. She has written several books on dinosaurs including co-authoring The Natural History Museum Book of Dinosaurs and has collected fossils from as far away as China and the Sahara Desert.

Editor's notes

• Published Tuesday 19th November 2002
• Dino-Birds: From Dinosaurs To Birds is available from The Natural History Museum's bookshop and online at www.nhm.ac.uk/shop/index.html as well as from selected bookshops
• ISBN 0 565 09174 3
• Dino-Birds: From Dinosaurs To Birds is priced at £5.95
• 140x150 mm, h/b, 64 pp, colour throughout

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• eggs used to treat menstrual pain
• carnivorous larvae fight malaria
• adults reveal changes in the environment

Like no other creature, dragonflies symbolize the wetland environment, whether a small garden pond, an open marsh or river. This exciting book is a wonderful resource for anyone with a real interest in the fascinating world of dragonflies and damselflies.

Dragonflies offers a wealth of detail on the life cycle, survival strategies and diversity of this ancient and highly successful insect group. High-quality photography does full justice to the dramatic colours and designs of the Odonata.

We examine the unique adaptations that make the aquatic larvae such successful carnivores, and look at the remarkable development of the eyes and wings that lies behind the aerobatic skill of the adults. Dragonflies are a rewarding subject for closer observation, and studies can reveal much about the quality of the natural world. The final section of the book includes a useful survey of all the families in this diverse group, as well as suggestions for conservation and building your own dragonfly pond.

Steve Brooks is a former editor of the British Dragonfly Society journal and is based at The Natural History Museum. He is a well-known Odonata specialist and author of the respected Field-Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Great Britain (2000).

Publication details
0 565 09180 8: paperback: £9.95
96pp: 210x235mm: 10 April 2003
Illustrations: 95 colour photographs
Availability: US Smithsonian,
Aus/NZ CSIRO

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Explore the hidden past of plants

'em>A walk through the Early Devonian landscape at Rynie would immediately pose a problem to the observer. The tallest plants were slightly short of knee height, and most were much smaller. To fully appreciate the diversity and variety of plants and animals, one would need to crawl on hands and knees equipped with a large hand lens'
Chapter 1: In the Beginning, Fossil Plants

Plants are one of the most spectacularly diverse groups of organisms on Earth. This is their story. From the first green algae to the knee-high forests of the Early Devonian, on to the lush jungles of the Jurassic and beyond, this book paints a picture of the greening of the world. Weaving together strands from the past and present, it uncovers the variety of form and rare beauty of plants turned to stone.

The book is an accessible introduction to fossil plants and how they can be used to unravel the history of life. Snapshots of ancient and modern environments are illustrated with images of fossils and their'living relatives'. Surprising links are revealed between the fossil record and our modern world. For example, there is an intimate connection between steel manufacture and the evolution of photosynthesis. In fact, it was the earliest photosynthesising cells, busily releasing massive amounts of oxygen over 2 billion years ago, that were responsible for creating the world's principal sources of iron ore. Later, the plants of the Carboniferous Period scavenged carbon dioxide from the air to form the coal that fuelled the industrial revolution.

Discover:

• How plant roots lowered the temperature of the globe
• Antarctic forests
• The botanical missing link
• The place of chimeras in the plant world
• Petrified trees and undergound fires
• How fine china led to the discovery of fossil flowers

Editor's notes

Fossil Plants
published by the Natural History Museum

Authors
Paul Kenrick is a palaeobotanist in the Palaeontology Department of the Natural History Museum and is co-author of The Origin of Land Plants (1997). His passion for fossils has taken him far afield to glacier-covered mountains in Northern Europe, agricultural regions of Southern China and Korea, and remote tropical rainforests of Central America.
Paul Davis is the Registrar of the Natural History Museum. His first interest in palaeobotany began at the age of 7 when his grandfather gave him some Carboniferous fossils leaves he had found. Paul's love of fieldwork and for collecting fossils has led him to organise and lead expeditions to almost every continent.

NB The authors are available for interview

Publication details
ISBN: 0 565 09176 X
Price: £16.95
Size and extent: 154 x 234 mm, 192 pp
Format: paperback
Publication date: 1 November 2004
Illustrations: 96 b+w photographs, 16 colour page colour section,
39 b+w illustrations
Subject classification: palaeontology, botany

Availability
UK (and rest of world): available in the Natural History Museum Bookshop and bookshops around the UK. Buy online at www.nhm.ac.uk/shop.
Order by phone: 01752 202 301. Trade enquiries to +44 (0)20 7942 5336.
US: Smithsonian Books, 750 Ninth Street, NW, Suite 4300, Washington, DC 20560-0950 USA. Tel +1 401 531 2800 Website www.sipress.si.edu
Aus/NZ: CSIRO Publishing, PO Box 1139, Collingwood, Victoria 3066, Australia.
Tel +61 3 9662 7666 Email sales@publish.csiro.au

Living Past Series
The series offers authoritative introductions to different aspects of the fossil world, furthering an understanding of the origins and evolution of modern plants and animals. Others in the series include Fossils: The Key to the Past (3rd Edn. 2002) by Richard Fortey and Ammonites (2002) by Neale Monks and Philip Palmer.

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Frozen Oceans: The floating world of pack ice
David Thomas
published 21 October 2004

Pack ice: mysterious, remote and dangerous. The nemesis of Shackleton's 1914 voyage in the Endurance and one of the Earth's least known and least understood habitats. Like the deep ocean and outer space, the sea-ice zone is an extreme environment and an extreme challenge to exploration and science.

Frozen Oceans: The Floating World of Pack Ice is the first book for the general reader to reveal the secrets of pack ice, the floating layer of frozen seawater which at its greatest extent covers 13% of the surface of the globe each year.

The book explores the fascinating structure of the ice, its formation and development. It introduces the wealth of life forms from viruses to whales and humans. Pack ice is now recognised as a central part of the rich biodiversity of the polar regions and the oceans' food chain. The role of humans on the ice, hunting, exploring and doing scientific research, is of key importance to the survival of this habitat and the book offers a window onto the vital work being done by polar scientists.

Author David Thomas is a veteran of many trips to polar oceans. This autumn he will be setting off on an historic visit to the Antarctic, spending 50 days on board a ship anchored to a drifting ice floe in the Weddell Sea. The voyage follows in the footsteps of Shackleton and is only the fourth drift station ever to occur in the Antarctic. A group of scientists will work from a special ice-breaking ship loaded with modern scientific equipment. Tasks will include investigating organisms deep within the ice, taking samples in a time series and researching all aspects of ice chemistry and biology.

Some pack ice terms:

• Frazil, grease and pancake ice are some of the forms of sea ice
• A polynya is a large irregular opening of water enclosed by ice
• The albedo of ice refers to its reflectivity: white surfaces reflect solar radiation. This is one of the yardsticks used for measuring climate change
• Pelagic organisms swim or drift in open water
• Benthic communities of organisms live on or in sea-bottom sediments

Editor's notes

Frozen Oceans: The floating world of pack ice
published by the Natural History Museum

About the author
David Thomas is a marine scientist at the University of Wales, Bangor and has worked in polar regions since 1991. He has conducted four expeditions to the Antarctic and two to the Arctic to study the dynamics of sea ice and the organisms that live within it. He has also carried out research into the pack ice of the Baltic Sea. He has written science features about sea ice for Science, BBC Wildlife Magazine and New Scientist, and is author of Seaweeds (Natural History Museum, 2002).

David is available for interviews.

Publication details
ISBN: 0 565 09188 3
Price: £22.00
Size and extent: 195 x 242 mm
Format: hardback
Publication date: 21 October 2004
Illustrations: colour photographs throughout
Subject classification: popular science; natural history; polar studies
Readership: general readers

Availability
UK (and rest of world): available in the Natural History Museum Bookshop and bookshops around the UK. Buy online at www.nhm.ac.uk/shop.
Order by phone: 01752 202 301. Trade enquiries to +44 (0)20 7942 5336.
US: Firefly Books Ltd, 4 Daybreak Lane, Westport, CT 06880-2157, USA.
Tel +1 203 222 9700 Email fireflytom@aol.com
Canada: Firefly Books Ltd, 66 Leek Crescent, Richmond Hill, Ontario, L4B 1H1, Canada. Tel +1 416 499 8412 Email service@fireflybooks.com
Aus/NZ: CSIRO Publishing, PO Box 1139, Collingwood, Victoria 3066, Australia.
Tel +61 3 9662 7666 Email sales@publish.csiro.au

Natural History Museum Publishing
The Natural History Museum publishes a range of books, which aim to introduce the general reader to a fascinating variety of topics from the natural world.

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Fungi
Roy Watling
published 31 October 2003

'Imagine a world without fungi. All the fallen trees, dead leaves, animal remains and other detritus would accumulate until the surface of the planet resembled a vast refuse tip, with little room for living things to exist. The job of breaking down organic materials and recycling the component molecules back into the environment is just one of the essential roles of fungi.' Roy Watling

This book is a unique resource for all those interested in fungi, with clear, readable text and a wealth of superb photographs. It is a detailed introduction to the world of the large fungi - those which have an obvious fruiting body - exploring the reasons for their multitude of shapes and colours, their diversity and importance in the lives of many other plants and animals. Fungi is ideal for anyone interested in mushrooms both for culinary or scientific reasons. The author is Roy Watling MBE, a respected mycologist who has written widely on the subject.

Fungi are present in almost every habitat on Earth, and can grow to enormous sizes, such as the honey fungus species found in Michigan soil with a spread of 5.6 km and an estimated weight of 10 tons. Scientists have only recently begun to realize the ecological significance of fungi and the chapter on conservation gives an idea of just how vital it is to study and protect the habitats in which they thrive.

• fungi can live in strange places including snow, tarmac and the brain
• only 15 per cent of all fungi species have so far been identified
• fungi are good travellers - for example dry rot, which originated in the Himalayas, hitchhiked over in infected timber

Editor's notes

Fungi
Natural History Museum Publishing

• Roy Watling has published several books on fungi including Children and Toxic Fungi (1995) and Fungi: Naturally Scottish (2003)
• He is a former president of the British Mycological Society, the Botanical Society of Scotland and the Yorkshire Naturalist's Union, and is currently Chairman of the Scottish Branch of the Institute of Biology
• The author is available for interviews

Book details
Publication date: 31 October 2003
Price: £9.95
ISBN: 0 565 09182 4
Format: paperback; 96pp; 210x235mm
Illustrations: 85 colour photographs, 9 illustrations
Distributed in the US by the Smithsonian and Aus/NZ by CSIRO.

Availability
Available in the Natural History Museum bookshop and bookshops around the UK. Buy online at www.nhm.ac.uk/shop. Order by phone: 01752 202 301.

Natural History Museum Publishing
The Natural History Museum publishes a range of books which aim to introduce the general reader to a fascinating variety of topics from the natural world. Some of our books on a botanical theme include Trees (2001), Soils (2001) and Lichens (2000).

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Meteorites 2nd edition
Sara Russell and Monica Grady
published on 7 November 2002

Rocks from the beginning of time
Meteorites are natural rocks that have fallen to the Earth's surface. Once considered bad omens, they are now recognised as scientific treasures, invaluable clues to the nature of material beyond our planet. The most common meteorites, chondrites, are around 4,560 million years old and date back to the beginning of the solar system. They can tell us the age of the sun and other planets and how the planet-building process occurred. Other meteorites are analogues to the Earth's inaccessible core, which helps to build up a picture of what it might be like. A few, rare meteorites come from the moon, Mars and even comets, and reveal new information about these celestial bodies.

Author Sara Russell comments, 'Meteorites have had a huge impact on the evolution of life - literally! These 4.5 billion-year-old relics from the beginning of the solar system can tell us how the planets first formed and evolved. They may have supplied the first organic precursors to life on Earth, and a few of the largest ones have on occasion in our history wiped out most life forms. About 40,000 tonnes of extraterrestrial material fall to Earth every year, although luckily for us most falls as harmless dust.'

The new edition of Meteorites provides an ideal background to some of the objectives of the European Space Agency (ESA) 2003 space missions. Both authors are co-investigators on space mission SMART-1, which is due to be launched in early 2003 to test new technologies that may eventually be used on bigger projects. They are helping to calibrate the instruments and are providing advice about the likely geological units on the moon using meteorites and Apollo samples held at The Natural History Museum. Once the mission is launched, the authors will help interpret the data.

This revised and updated edition brings on board a new team of scientists who between them have special interests in the early solar system processes and origins, Martian meteorites and cosmic dust. Sara Russell is Leader of the Meteorites and Micrometeorites Research Programme in the Department of Mineralogy at The Natural History Museum. Monica Grady is Head of the Petrology and Meteoritics Division in the same department where she curates and carries out research on the UK national collection of meteorites. Both have asteroids named after them - asteroid (5497) Sararussell and asteroid (4731) Monicagrady.

Editor's notes

• Published Thursday 7th November 2002
• Meteorites is available from The Natural History Museum's bookshop and online at www.nhm.ac.uk/shop/index.html as well as from selected bookshops
• ISBN 0 565 09168 9
• Meteorites is priced at £7.95
• 200x210 mm, p/b, 60 pp, colour throughout
• Visitors to The Natural History Museum can see some of the Museum's meteorite collection, including one of the Apollo samples in the Earth Galleries

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Seaweeds
David Thomas
published on 7 November 2002

The world of seaweed - from arctic underwater forests to ice cream
With more than 10,000 species, ranging in size from microscopic to 60 metres long, seaweeds are amazingly well adapted to the frozen polar seas, the tropics and just about everywhere in between. Not only can they dry out to almost nothing at low tide, withstand rapid shifts in temperature and huge fluctuations in the salinity of the water surrounding them, they can also tolerate tremendous buffeting by waves.

In his new book Seaweeds, David Thomas introduces us to a host of these algae - which are not plants since they have no flowers, roots, leaves, or highly organised tissue for transporting nutrients and water. Their tissues contain specialised sugars and organic compounds that act as anti-freezing agents to regulate temperature and balance salt levels through osmosis. One of these compounds is broken down to dimethyl-sulphide gas that, together with ozone, makes up that familiar 'seaside' smell.

David Thomas says, 'Seaweeds are often considered to be little more than smelly, slimy nuisances on the seashore. However, take a closer look and you'll see that seaweeds are a fascinating group of plant-like organisms ranging from delicate filigree reds to impressive kelps that can grow larger than a mature oak tree in the space of a year. Products containing seaweeds are also part of our daily lives - toothpaste, pudding mixes, cosmetics, skincare products, fabric dyes, ice cream, food packaging and even wound dressings. And of course you can eat the stuff itself - nori, an edible seaweed eaten either fresh or dried in sheets, is a mainstay of any sushi cook, and increasingly fine restaurants will serve up seaweed in one form or another. The amorphous masses of seaweed on the shore are a rich commodity that we would do well to protect.'

Seaweed plays a vital role in the sea's eco-system as a habitat for animals. But human activities such as shipping, transport of shellfish to international markets and even scuba diving means we are spreading some species to parts of the world where they are not native, in some cases with detrimental effects. One such example discussed in the book is Caulerpa taxifolia, sometimes referred to as a 'killer alga', has been introduced into Mediterranean as well as Californian and South Australian waters, causing most other native seaweeds and seagrasses to die out. This devastation has serious knock-on effects for the invertebrates, fish and mammals that rely on these native plants for food and shelter. Urgent action is being taken in South Australian waters to prevent Caulerpa taxifolia spreading uncontrollably and devastating local fishing and aquaculture industries.

Author David Thomas is a senior lecturer in Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography at the University of Wales, Bangor. He has been researching seaweed since his undergraduate studies where he looked at species growing on the shores of the Irish Sea. He has since worked in the Antarctic, Arctic, Germany, Israel, Vietnam and the Philippines studying the ecology and physiology of algae.

David has a strong commitment to furthering the public understanding of science. He has written features for New Scientist, BBC Wildlife Magazine and The Times Higher Education Supplement. He was awarded a British Association Science and Media Fellowship in 1999 and was one of the Royal Institution's Scientists of the New Century Lecturers in 2001. He was second in the Oxford University Press/THES Popular Science Writing Competition in 2000 with an essay about seaweeds.

Editor's notes

• Published Thursday 7 November 2002
• Seaweeds is available from The Natural History Museum's bookshop and online at www.nhm.ac.uk/shop/index.html as well as from selected bookshops
• ISBN 0 565 09175 1
• Seaweeds is priced at £9.95
• 210x235 mm, p/b, 96 pp, colour throughout
• Part of the Life Series which also includes Bats, Coral Fish, Deep Ocean, Lichens, Search for Life, Sharks, Snakes and Trees.

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Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum
Roy Vickery
published 13 June 2004

Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum is an inspiration to anyone who wants to create a space for wild plants and animals. Buzzing with insects, packed with plants and home to birds, mammals and amphibians, it is hard to believe the Garden was once just an ecologically barren lawn. Now, within this small area of urban land, you will find five British habitats, incorporating 29 types of rock, hundreds of trees and thousands of other plants.

Spend a year in the Wildlife Garden in the company of herons, foxes, bats, spiders and moths. Follow the seasons from the catkins, yellow primroses and tadpoles of spring through to winter, when mosses and red holly berries offer the only colour. Every stage in the garden's annual cycle is brought to life with the help of a lovely selection of colour photographs on every page. An ideal gift for all nature-lovers and gardeners. Your guide is Roy Vickery, a Museum botanist who has been involved with the Wildlife Garden since its early days.

Since it was created ten years ago, the garden has quickly developed into a precious resource for a number of indigenous species. It is also highly valued as a local amenity and won the Wildlife Garden of the Year Award in 2002 and 2003 from the Brighter Kensington and Chelsea Scheme.

Within a single acre of land the Museum has created a range of different habitats such as meadow, heathland and woodland. Despite its location on a busy and polluted street, the garden has fast become a home for thriving communities of insects, plants, birds and other animals. Its greenery and water set the scene for an exciting ecological project which is closely monitored by Museum scientists and volunteers, providing valuable data on London's flora and fauna.

• popular topic in gardening and education
• fully illustrated with colour photographs
• award-winning wildlife garden

Editor's notes

Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum
published by the Natural History Museum

Author
Roy Vickery has been involved with the garden from the outset, and has a key role on the development committee that oversees it. Roy is Collections Manager in the Museum's Botany Department and has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the plants and animals in the Wildlife Garden.

Publication details
ISBN: 0 565 09185 9
Price: £5.95
Size: 150 x 140 mm
Format: hardback
Extent: 64 pp
Publication date: June 2004
Illustrations: c.40 colour photographs
Subject classification: gardening; conservation; natural history
Market: general readers
UK availability: available in the Natural History Museum Bookshop and bookshops around the UK. Buy online at www.nhm.ac.uk/shop. Order by phone: 01752 202 301.

Natural History Museum Publishing
The Natural History Museum publishes a range of books which aim to introduce the general reader to a fascinating variety of topics from the natural world.

The Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum
The garden is open from April to September each year for group visits from the public, schools workshops and regular summer open days and fairs. Volunteer work and scientific monitoring goes on all year round. Events information is available online at www.nhm.ac.uk/museum/garden

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