Museum publications include a biannual magazine, North Carolina Naturalist, zoological publications and pamphlets, Brimleyana, and posters, as well as natural sciences materials for young readers. Museum curators and researchers also have works issued through other publishers.

Many other natural science publications are available in the Museum Store.

The North Carolina Naturalist is an 18-page biannual publication sponsored by the Friends of the Museum. A subscription is one of the benefits of membership in the Friends. Members also receive a calendar of events three times a year. The Naturalist includes news about Museum events, workshops, trips and classes, articles about Museum staff research and other natural science topics, and information about Friends events. For details, call the Friends office at 919.733.7450, ext. 350.

Endangered, threatened and rare fauna

Contributions of the North Carolina Biological Survey, 1884-1980 $1

Part I. A Re-evaluation of the Mammals, Mary Kay Clark, ed.,
52 pages, 1987 $5

Part II. A Re-evalution of the Marine and Estuarine Fishes
Steve W. Ross, Fred C. Rohde, and David G. Lindquist,
24 pages, 1988 $3

Part III. A Re-evaluation of the Birds
David S. Lee and James Parnell, eds.
52 pages, 1990 $8

Part IV. A Re-evaluation of the Freshwater Fishes
Edward F. Menhenick and Alvin Braswell,
106 pages, 1997 $15

Fish

*Atlas of North American Freshwater Fishes
David S. Lee et al., 867 pages, 1980

*To order the Atlas of North American Freshwater Fishes, please contact:

Serpent's Tale
P.O. Box 405
Lanesboro MN 55949-0405
TEL: (507) 467-8734
FAX: (507) 467-8735
e-mail: zoobooks@acegroup.cc

Fish Atlas, 1983 Supplement
D.S. Lee, S.P. Platania, and G.H. Burgess,
68 pages, 1983 $10

Mammals

A Distributional Survey of North Carolina Mammals $5

Fourth Colloquium on conservation of mammals in the southeastern United States $20

Birds

The Seaside Sparrow, Its Biology and Management $15

Autumn Land-bird Migration on the Barrier Islands of Northeastern North Carolina $5

Potential Effects of Oil Spills on Seabirds and Selected Other Oceanic Vertebrates Off the North Carolina Coast $8

Checklist of North Carolina Birds 75 cents

Bird Life of North Carolina's Shining Rock Wilderness $5

The Museum published the peer-reviewed scientific journal Brimleyana, A Journal of Zoology for the Southeastern United States, twice yearly since 1979. Subject matter focused on systematics, evolution, zoogeography, ecology, behavior, and paleontology in the southeastern United States.

The Museum has discontinued Brimleyana and mailed the final issue (#25) to subscribers Sept. 1, 1998. Back issues of Brimleyana are available for $7.15 each, postpaid (all but #1 available). A set (issues 2-25) is $50, postpaid.
Make checks payable to Museum Extension Fund 2460 and mail to:

Administrative Assistant for Research & Collections
NC Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones Street
Raleigh NC, 27601-1029

For pricing of multiple, non-sequential issues, contact Deb Creech at 919.733.7450, ext. 700.

Contents of July 1998 issue

Contents of April 1997 issue

Contents of December 1995 issue

Contents of June 1995 issue

A Long Look at Nature
The North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences
By Margaret H. Martin
With original photography by Rosamond Purcell
170 pages, 165 photographs
UNC Press November 2001
Trade paperback, $20.95 + shipping
Interview with the author

What does a jar of preserved leopard frogs or the articulated skeleton of a beached sperm whale say about the way we understand nature in North Carolina? Margaret H. Martin, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences' director of communications, explores this question in "A Long Look at Nature." The book explores the role of the museum as public interpreter of our natural world and is accompanied by 165 photographs, many of them by renowned natural history photographer Rosamond Purcell.

"A Long Look at Nature" celebrates North Carolina nature in all its diversity and highlights the Museum's crucial role in interpreting North Carolina's heritage. Founded over 120 years ago, the Museum serves as a keeper of natural history collections, a vital resource for the scientific community, and a public interpreter of our natural world. The book is both an engaging introduction to the Museum and a striking visual tribute to its collections.

The book is organized around the Museums' collections: Rocks and Minerals, Fossils, Invertebrates, Fishes, Reptiles and Amphibians, Birds, and Mammals. Martin looks at how these collections have been interpreted over time, tracing the shift away from a nineteenth-century presentation of nature as something ripe for exploitation to a more contemporary view of natural communities as complex, interconnected, and deserving of conservation.

"An excellent job of bringing together in a most readable and interesting way the people, the places, and the fascinating natural history of our state..." -- C. Ritchie Bell, professor of botany emeritus, UNC Chapel Hill

Ordering Information

Reptiles of North Carolina
450 pages
$65.00
By William M. Palmer and Alvin L. Braswell;
Illustrations by Renaldo Kuhler
University of North Carolina Press, 1995

Based on more than 20 years of research in the field and in museum collections, Reptiles of North Carolina is the definitive work on the 71 reptile species that occur in the state. An indispensable reference for herpetologists, zoologists, wildlife managers, and ecologists, it also will be enjoyed by amateur naturalists.

For each species the authors offer a description that includes characteristics useful in distinguishing the species from similar ones and information on the variation, distribution and natural history of the species in the state. Each account is accompanied by a range map and at least one detailed drawing. A section of color photographs aids in identification of reptiles.

William Palmer, now retired, was curator of reptiles and director of research and collections at the Museum. Alvin Braswell is curator of herpetology at the Museum. Drawings are by Renaldo Kuhler, the Museum's scientific illustrator.

To order either of these books, call The Museum Store at (919) 733-7450, ext. 369. (In North Carolina, outside the local calling area, dial tollfree (877) 4NATSCI ext. 369) The store will take credit card orders over the phone, or send an e-mail and ask the store to call you!