TIM LAMAN is a field biologist and wildlife photojournalist
affiliated with the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard
University. A fellow of the International League of Conservation
Photographers, he has photographed 20 articles for National
Geographic magazine.
EDWIN SCHOLES, an ornithologist and biodiversity video curator at
the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, has studied the birds of paradise
for more than a decade and is a leading authority on their behavior
and evolution.
"No group of birds in the world is more beautiful and more
intriguing to science than the birds of paradise. Surprisingly, no
book showing them displaying in the wild has been done before. But
to gain such perspectives and develop such a wonderful collection
of pictures has taken years. The result is truly breathtaking."
--Sir David Attenborough, filmmaker and creator of Life on
Earth
"You’ll initially find it hard to believe that these pictures are
real—but they are. These are the most beautiful photographs of the
world’s most beautiful birds. The birds’ behavior, richly described
in the text, is as remarkable as their appearance. This is a book
like no other book."
--Jared Diamond, ornithologist and author of Guns, Germs, and
Steel
“The resulting extremes of color, form and behavior are beautifully
documented in Schole's new book, co-authored with
photographer Tim Laman.” –Sciencefriday.com
“The exhibit “Birds of Paradise” at the National Geographic museum
in Washington, along with a book by Tim Laman and Edwin Scholes,
offers research, photographs and video of the 39 species of the
bird…” –The Wall Street Journal
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