This unique book combines natural history and art in ways that evoke both an intellectual and an aesthetic reaction in the reader The stunning close-up photographs are wrapped in the visual and contextual embrace of a Renaissance-era illuminated manuscript that anchors the volume to humankind's longstanding passion for science and art. Includes four essays by well-known biologists and 80 four-color photographs. Design by Terry Moody at Studio Orange Street.

A Desert Illuminated: Cactus Flowers of the Sonoran Desert

John P. Schaefer

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Press

A Field Guide to Desert Holes is the first of its kind, a book focusing on one of the most common natural features of the desert. It provides an easy and enjoyable way of making sense of the bewildering array of divots, mounds, dust baths, depressions, holes, and shelters found in the Sonoran Desert and the desert Southwest. There are numerous field guides in print on animal tracks and scat, two of the best known methods of tracking the movements and activities of wild animals. Interstingly, holes, depressions, and shelters used by animals provide an equally useful, but largely neglected, method of learning about the activities and habits of animals. This small guide, which includes over 60 illustrations of holes and the animals who use them, provides a first step toward using this field observation technique.

A Field Guide to Desert Holes

Science & Math

Merlin, Pinau

Biological Sciences

Winner of the 2010 IPPY Silver Medal in Multicultural Non-Fiction, and 2010 Moonbeam Children's Book Gold Medal. This is the true story of Katie, a meter-long western diamondback rattlesnake, and her adventures as she struggles to make a life for herself in the harsh Sonoran Desert. We re with Katie, sharing in her determination as she hunts for the food she needs to stay alive, her terror when attacked by vicious predators, and her care and devotion to the litter of babies she gives birth to. Although the story is told from Katie s point of view, the reason we know so much about her life is because of the work of scientists, who also appear in the story, using the latest technology to learn more about the private lives of snakes, and ultimately facing a terrible decision when Katie s life is in danger. This is the perfect read for any child who wonders what it might be like to be a rattlesnake, as well as for older children who want to know more about what it s like to be a biologist and what the science of studying reptiles and amphibians (herpetology) is all about. Katie del Desierto Sonorense. Basado en una historia real. Esta es la historia verdadera de Katie, una vÃƒÂƒÃ‚Âbora cascabel de diamantes y sus aventuras luchando para hacer una vida para sÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â misma en el riguroso Desierto Sonorense. Estamos con Katie, participando de su determinaciÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â³n cuando caza la comida que necesita para vivir, en su terror cuando es atacada por depredadores feroces y en su cuidado y devociÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â³n a la camada de bebÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â©s que pareÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â³. Aunque la historia se cuenta desde el punto de vista de Katie, la razÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â³n por la que sabemos tanto sobre su vida es gracias al trabajo de los cientÃƒÂƒÃ‚Âficos, que tambiÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â©n aparecen en la historia, quienes usan la ÃƒÂƒÃ‚Âºltima tecnologÃƒÂƒÃ‚Âa para aprender mÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¡s sobre la vida privada de las vÃƒÂƒÃ‚Âboras y al final se tienen que enfrentar a una decisiÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â³n terrible cuando la vida de Katie estÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¡ en peligro. Esta es la lectura perfecta para un niÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â±o que se pregunta lo que se siente ser una vÃƒÂƒÃ‚Âbora, asÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â como para niÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â±os mÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¡s grandes que quieren saber mÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¡s sobre lo que significa ser biÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â³logo y de que se trata la ciencia del estudio de los reptiles y anfibios (herpetologÃƒÂƒÃ‚Âa).

Katie of the Sonoran Desert: Based on a True Story (English and Spanish Edition)

Kate Jackson

Children's Books

On Labor Day 1952, the half dozen staff members of the Desert Museum waited nervously to see what Opening Day would bring. Would anyone make the long, hot, dusty drive from Tucson to visit the new museum? To their delight more than a thousand people came that first day. And they have never stopped coming. This visually-exciting new book, written by someone who lived and worked at the Museum during its first two decades, is anything but a dry collection of historical facts. It recounts, in lively prose and vivid photography, 50 years of the personalities (both human and animal), exhibits and events that have made the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum an internationally-recognized, and much-loved, institution. Arizona-SonoraDesert Museum: A Scrapbook profiles an institution whose activities and programs are diverse and far-reaching: world-class exhibitry and environmental interpretation, important scientific research, public outreach and environmental education. But the book also shows the lighter side of the Museum: a director who took scientific notes after being bitten by a Gila monster, a bobcat who became a movie star, a mountain lion who was ticketed for speeding, a bighorn sheep who swallowed time. - Western Book Design &amp; Production Award - Southwest Books of the Year (2003)

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum: A Scrapbook

Travel

Peggy Pickering Larson

Specialty Travel

The Sonoran Desert's Salton Sea is California's crown jewel of avian biodiversity. Second only to the Texas Gulf Coast in avian abundance, the Sea hosts more than 400 species of birds each year. This volume is the first full-length book to focus attention on the Sea's unique natural wonders and importance while providing a wealth of useful information for birders and naturalists. For readers wishing to visit the Salton Sea, this book provides detailed descriptions of 15 birding sites. Each site chapter has a brief description of the area and its vegetation, directions for getting there, a site map, a section on the birdlife, and a table listing birds seen, their abundance and seasonality. For those coming to the Salton Sea to see a specific bird, the book includes species accounts pinpointing where and when each species is most likely to be seen. Guide to Birds of the Salton Sea also includes chapters on nocturnal roosts, nesting, rare species, species of concern, as well as cumulative tables.

Guide to Birds of the Salton Sea

Barbara W. Massey and Richard Zembal

Nature & Ecology

Hummingbirds, with their iridescent plumage, pugnacious nature, and high-energy lifestyle, are some of North America's most captivating birds. They both fascinate and entertain. They also can be a challenge to identify for many people. That's why the Desert Museum produced this colorful new guide. Small enough to fit easily in a pocket, purse, daypack, or glove box, Hummingbirds of the West is perfect for anyone wishing to quickly identify those avian jewels of the Western skies. Hummingbirds of the West couldn't be easier to use: observe your hummer, then compare it with the color photos in the guide. Distinctive features are pointed out for each species, making positive identification a snap. The guide also includes fascinating facts about hummers, viewing tips for beginners, and more. Laminated for extended durability.

GetGo Guide: Hummingbirds of the West

Pinau Merlin

Rattlesnake, coralsnake, scorpion, and spider! The mere mention of these words sends most of us running for cover. In truth, these creatures don't present any great danger, as long as we know who they are, how they behave in nature, and what we should do to avoid unwanted encounters. It's all here, in a format that will fit easily in your shirt pocket or daypack. In this colorful guide you'll learn to identify a wide range of biting and stinging critters, from rattlesnakes and Gila monsters, to brown spiders and scorpions. Each entry includes a quick method of identifying the animal, a little bit about its range and habitat, and a fascinating fact or two about its life. You'll also learn about some creatures that many of us think are venomous but are not, and some animals who try to appear venomous (through coloration or behavior) but are actually quite harmless. This handy guide is perfect for hikers, visitors to the Southwest, and anyone else who is fearful of or fascinated with these intriguing dwellers of the Southwest.

GetGo Guide: Venomous Critters of the Southwest

Craig Ivanyi

Renee Lizotte

Lizards, with their prehistoric appearance, beady little eyes, and often quirky behavior, hold great appeal for both adults and children. Unfortunately, most people are unable to identify more than a few. The Desert Museum took notice and produced this visually focused pocket guide. It not only allows you to quickly identify the Southwest s most commonly seen lizards but it also contains dozens of fascinating facts about their lives (such as a species that consists entirely of females and another that actually has a voice!). Lizards of the Southwest makes identification a snap: find your lizard, match it up with one of the photographs in the guide and you have it! You ll learn about each species distinguishing marks, where each lizard is most likely to be found, and how to differentiate males from females. Also included are little known, fascinating facts about these much-loved reptiles.

GetGo Guide: Lizards of the Southwest

Craig Ivanyi & Stephane Poulin

Book by Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Dining with the Desert Museum: Favorite Recipes from the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Winner of the 2006 Tabasco Community Cookbook Award for the Southwestern Region! Created by the Museum's gifted and committed docents, this cookbook is a compilation of recipes contributed by staff, docents and volunteers of the Museum. It presents an outstanding collection of recipes that include some of the best dishes of the Southwest as well as delicious traditional offerings. Recipes range from tasty cold soups, like gazpacho, to tantalizing appetizers, like stuffed mushrooms, to regional entrees and dishes that incorporate native foods, like mesquite rolls and nopalitos. Additionally, tidbits of information about the Sonoran desert and the Desert Museum provide fun facts for readers, who learn how to make a tasty drink for visiting hummingbirds and how to make rich compost fertilizers for garden plants. This book is a must-have for the complete Southwestern kitchen.

Arizona Sonora Desert Museum Docents

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

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A Desert Illuminated: Cactus Flowers of the Sonoran Desert

A Field Guide to Desert Holes

Katie of the Sonoran Desert: Based on a True Story (English and Spanish Edition)

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum: A Scrapbook

Guide to Birds of the Salton Sea

GetGo Guide: Hummingbirds of the West

GetGo Guide: Venomous Critters of the Southwest

GetGo Guide: Lizards of the Southwest

Dining with the Desert Museum: Favorite Recipes from the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Dining with the Desert Museum: Favorite Recipes from the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum