Edward R. Ricciuti
Edward Riccuiti received a bachelor's degree in communication arts from The University of Notre Dame. He has worked as a reporter, magazine editor, curator of the New York Zoological Society, public relations adviser, zoo and aquarium exhibits developer, ambulance driver, firearms safety instructor. He was an amateur boxer, writing instructor for both children and graduate students, and gardener who sells his own produce. In 1972, he became a full-time freelance writer. He has written about nature, science, history, forensics, and wrestlers.
Works (50)

The devil's garden

What on earth is a capybara?

Rocks and minerals

War in Yugoslavia

What on earth is a chuckwalla

Chaparral

Somalia

Plants in danger

Fish

Older than the dinosaurs

Federal Bureau of Investigation

What on earth is a pangolin

What on earth is a skink?

Donald and the Fish that Walked

America's top 100

America's top 10 skyscrapers

Killers of the seas

A Pelican Swallowed My Head

The beachwalker's guide

The natural history of North America

Face to face with "Macho Man" Randy Savage

Birds

How to box

Rainforest

What on earth is a pout?

The wild cats

The natural history of North America

What's Inside a Police Car?

Guess Who Changes

Sounds of animals at night

What on earth is a hyrax?

Reptiles

Catch a Whale by the Tail

What's inside an ambulance?

National Audubon Society first field guide

Desert

The Menominee

Dancers on the beach

What on earth is a guanaco?

Guess Who - Runs

Amphibians

Microorganisms, the unseen world

Somalia (Headliners)

Bears in the backyard

Exploring the New England Aquarium

The American alligator

America's top 10 natural wonders

Grassland

Purple

They work with wildlife