Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, (2015. second edition). Quarto, dustwrapper, black and white illustrations. A small set of fossilised bones discovered almost thirty years ago led palaeontologist Sankar Chatterjee on a lifelong quest to understand their place in the history of life. They were clearly the bones of something unusual... More about The rise of birds: 225 million years of evolution.

Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2011. Quarto, paperback, black and white illustrations, line drawings. Details some of the remarkable adaptations of Australian birds. A brief introduction describes how evolution shapes form and function, followed by a series of vignettes illustrating the wondrous variety of forms and functions shaped by evolution. For example... More about Stray feathers: reflections on the structure, behaviour and evolution of birds.