Alfonso has written nine books about of the topic --, and more than 50 scientific and popular articles. As a biologist, he has worked in several Cuban institutions, and did postgraduate study environmental conservation at the University of Illinois and Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago). Among his recent books are Cuba Natural and Coral Reefs of the Caribbean, Bahamas and Florida.
In Natural Puerto Rico, Alfonso Silva Lee invites us to know the fauna of this beautiful island, and he does it in a scientific way, with an agile and congenial style, and with some overwhelmingly beautiful photographs.
Here he describes a good number of indigenous Puerto Rico animals, and he teaches us about their customs and forms of life, their origin, and why they are unique on the planet. He teaches how the animals depend on the plants, and also one another.
Mr. Silva Lee, who is just returning from a promotional tour for his new book at some important museums and cities in the United States, has resided for some years in Real Anón, where he studies the life-forms and ecosystem of the Island's forest region.
The book Natural Puerto Rico is written in Spanish and English and can be obtained in Librería Paliques in Ponce.
