Continuing our selection of the very best titles available through NHBS: Field Guide for Sharks of the Genus Carcharhinus by Matthias Voigt & Dietmar Weber What? A full-colour identification guide to members of the genus Carcharhinus, notably difficult to distinguish by species. Why? We are always really impressed by the books published by Verlag Friedrich [...]
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At the EURASLIC Meeting, Lyon – about hard-to-find books in Marine Biology
A few weeks ago, I attended the 14th Biennial EURASLIC Meeting. EURASLIC is the European Association of Aquatic Sciences Libraries and Information Centres. This year’s meeting on the topic Caught in the “fishing net” of information was hosted by Cemagref, in Lyon, France. The weather was lovely, the food excellent, and it was a joy [...]

Book of the Week #1: Coastal Plankton
We are always struck by just how varied and inspiring is the range of books we come across at NHBS, and challenged to give stand-out books their due. To this end, we’ll be highlighting a book every week here on the Hoopoe, as our Book of the Week. All books are chosen by us – [...]
New Plankton and Aquatic Ecology Titles at NHBS
Plankton: A Guide to their Ecology and Monitoring for Water Quality is now in stock at NHBS – this practical book is a key reference for environment managers, water authority ecologists, coastal engineers and research libraries. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the biology and ecology of plankton and describes its use as a [...]
Diversity of Fishes – and other New Marine Biology Titles
The second edition of the classic textbook The Diversity of Fishes has just been published and is now in stock at NHBS. This new edition represents a major revision of the world’s most widely adopted ichthyology textbook. Expanded and updated, the second edition of The Diversity of Fishes is illustrated throughout with striking color photographs [...]
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NHBS Bestsellers
1. The Bird Photography Field Guide 2. Field Guide to the Micro-Moths of Great Britain and Ireland 3. Herpetofauna Workers' Manual 4. A Field Guide to the Birds of Brazil 5. Bird Monitoring Methods 6. Birdwatching in Northern Greece 7. Primates of Africa - Poster 8. Ecology 9. Field Guide to the Seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean Islands 10. The Encyclopedia of Fruit & Nuts
Recently on the Hoopoe
- Ladybirds: an interview with Helen Roy, Ecological Entomologist at the BRC
- The birding ID guide revolutionary Richard Crossley, interviewed by NHBS
- The World’s Rarest Birds: an interview with author and birder Erik Hirschfeld
- The Cambrian Explosion: an interview with paleobiologist and author Douglas H. Erwin
- Stewart McPherson’s Sarraceniaceae volumes reviewed in the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

