DearMARMAMers, we are drawing your attention to a newly published book on the cetaceans of theMediterranean Sea, focused (but not exclusively) on waters adjacent to theItalian coasts. The book is in Italian and part of a locally renown book series on the ItalianFauna. The book is titled: Luigi Cagnolaro, Bruno Cozzi, Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, MichelaPodestà (Editors) "Fauna d'Italia Vol. XLIX - Mammalia IV - Cetacea", with over 100 illustrations including photographs from different authors anddrawings by Massimo Demma. New Business Media - Edagricole Publisher, pp. 1-392. The multi-authored book contains chapters on the biology and distribution ofthe single species, and also parts dedicated to cetacean paleontology, morphology, conservation,pathology, parasitology and to the history of cetacean research in Italy. Interested people may find the book for sale at the following website http://www.amazon.it/Mammalia-IV-cetacea-M-Demma/dp/8850654472/ref=sr_1_1?ie... orhttp://shop.newbusinessmedia.it/collections/edagricole/products/fauna-ditali... Best regards Bruno CozziGiuseppe Notarbartolo di SciaraMichela Podestà dr. Michela Podesta' Curator Vertebrate Zoology Dept. Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano corso Venezia 55 - 20121 Milano - Italy tel. +39 0288463324 - +39 0288463280 fax +39 0288463281 www.comune.milano.it/museostorianaturale/index.html