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Robert Kirk
Publisher for Princeton Nature
Our nature field guides list ranges far and wide in its coverage of the natural world. At its heart lies the Princeton Field Guides series, comprising close to fifty highly illustrated, authoritative titles exploring the birds, mammals, plants, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and insects of specific countries and regions, written by expert naturalists and illustrated by the world’s leading wildlife artists.
The list also includes award-winning photographic field guides, large-format references looking at a wide range of topics, illustrated bird checklists, and groundbreaking apps. Throughout, the emphasis is on quality, range, and comprehensive scope.
New & Noteworthy
Featured Audiobooks
Series
Ideas
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The long past of seaweeds
Algae are one of life’s most diverse and least appreciated groups, and their rise—and the story of how seaweeds evolved within them—offer a key with which to unlock some of life’s most intricate secrets.
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Galápagos birds: A lot more than meets the eye
As a child growing up in the then-remote Galapagos Islands, the birds that surrounded my island home—unafraid as they were—fascinated me.
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Shark books to sink your teeth into
We publish the world’s leading shark books, created by a team of international experts and covering in gorgeous detail the world’s full range of shark species, providing everything a shark-lover needs to identify and celebrate these magnificent creatures.
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On ‘seeing’ trees and forests
Forests and the trees that comprise them are understood at different scales of space and time. This is true for professional and recreational naturalists, research scientists, hikers, conservationists, eco-tourists, and ecologists.
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Tim Birkhead on Birds and Us
I hated history at school, but once I became interested in how our ideas develop through time—in how we know what we know about birds—the past suddenly became very important.
