Category Archives: Interviews

Behind the scenes in Vietnam: Birding and bookmaking with Richard and Minh

Richard Craik with White-throated Wren-babbler, Vietnam's rarest endemic passerine

We are excited to bring you a DOUBLE interview with the co-authors of Lynx’s field guide Birds of Vietnam, Richard Craik and Lê Quý Minh. Read about how they got their start in birding, their personal experiences creating the Field Guide and their hopes for the future of Vietnam’s avifauna. How did you begin your […]

De la ornitología a la botánica con Eduardo de Juana

Eduardo de Juana, author of the well-known guide Birds of Spain, explains his renewed interest in botany with the publication of a practical guide to the wildflowers of the region surrounding Spain’s capital city: Plantas silvestres de Madrid. Eduardo de Juana, autor de la popular guía de Aves de España, nos cuenta su renovado interés […]

News from the Batcave with Ilian Velikov

Ilian Velikov is a wildlife artist and the main illustrator of the forthcoming volume of the Handbook of the Mammals of the World series, Volume 9: Bats. Is his current assignment driving him batty? Here is what he had to tell us… When and how did you begin illustrating animals? How did you get hooked? […]

Birding adventures in Indonesia with James Eaton

James Eaton, co-founder and guide for Birdtour Asia and co-author of Lynx’s field guide Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago tells all on birding and books in this one-on-one interview. How did you begin as a South-east Asian birder? After enjoying so many Autumns in the UK with those Eastern Palearctic gems, it made me wanting […]