BOOKS
Ivan Mikolji’s work through his vast and detailed photographic documentation and as an explorer is very important when it comes to talking about scientific disclosure in Venezuela. His made a significant contribution since he makes the biological and scientific knowledge of our planet accessible to all through his pictures, observations and field trips. Ivan Mikolji is a science popularizer who seeks to show the language of nature and its processes in a way that is understandable and enjoyable for the public, far beyond the academic and scientific world.
Alberto Blanco Dávila
Editor-in-Chief of EXPLORA magazine, nature projects.
Mikolji’s new book – Flora of the Orinoco
The second in Mikolji’s new series of books, It will feature the terrestrial and aquatic plants we have found on our expeditions across the Orinoco River Basin.
From the top of the Andes Mountains in the northwest, to the tepui-covered Lost World in the Southeast. Through the Flooded Savannas, photographing freshwater plants in famous rivers such as the Atabapo River in the Amazonas. Discover the plants that share the habitat of the famous red plants of Caño Cristales.
Find out more and get on the waiting list by clicking here.
Fishes of the Orinoco in the Wild
Winner of THREE Indie Book Awards and named “The most anticipated fish book of 2020” and “#2 in Best Fish Books EVER!” by PFK Magazine.
Mikolji’s authoring a new series of books, starting with Fishes of the Orinoco in the Wild. Learn about species in the Orinoco river Basin. You will have species description, fish and plant sympatries, geolocation, pH, temperature, and of course Mikolji’s adventures peppered in between.
BIODIVERSITY OF THE BOJONAWI NATURAL RESERVE.
Hello, I am Ivan Mikolji, river explorer and audiovisual artist.
I am extremely proud to be part of the book
BIODIVERSITY OF THE BOJONAWI NATURAL RESERVE.
My contribution to this wonderful book was to photograph the various species of flora and fauna found in the reserve. Show how they live underwater, in savannas and on granite outcrops.
We documented species that have never been photographed or filmed in their natural habitat.
As in all expeditions led by Carlos Lasso, he was accompanied by a highly qualified group of people, all working together for the conservation of the environment.


Fishes of the Venezuelan Llanos
For the past 50 years, the Ichthyology Laboratory of the Institute of Tropical Zoology of the Central University of Venezuela has been studying bioecological and systematic aspects of fish that inhabit permanent and temporary bodies of water (estuaries, pipes, rivers and flooded savannas) of the lower plain of Venezuela, mainly those located in the states of Apure, Anzoátegui, Barinas, Guárico and Portuguesa. This book, written in Spanish, contains the results of these studies.
Fauna de Caño Cristales, sierra de La Macarena, Meta, Colombia
Scientific information on the world famous Liquid Rainbow River in Sierra de La Macarena, Meta, Colombia. You will be able to get incredible data about its freshwater aquatic ecosystem, fauna and biotopes. Free download. Spanish language only.
Illustrated Catalog of Fish in the “Aguaro-Guariquito” National Park
This book contains information on all the collections made in this basin and deposited in all national and international museums, as well as in publications. You will find the entire historical process of knowledge of the species reported for the basin. Free download. Spanish language only.
Revision of the genus Apistogramma Regan 1913 (Perciformes, Cichlidae) in the Orinoco river basin
Revision of the genus Apistogramma Regan 1913 (Perciformes, Cichlidae) in the Orinoco river basin / Lina M. Mesa S .; Carlos Andrés Lasso Alcalá. –Bogotá: Humboldt Institute, 2011. – Hydrobiological and continental fishing resources of Colombia, third editorial series. Free download. Spanish language only.
Wetlands of the Orinoquia (Colombia-Venezuela)
Wetlands of the Orinoquía (Colombia-Venezuela) / published by Carlos A. Lasso, Anabel Rial, Giuseppe Colonnello, Antonio Machado-Allison and Fernando Trujillo; Series Hydrobiological and ´Continental Fishing Resources of Colombia, XI – Bogotá: Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Biological Resources Research, 2014. Free download. Spanish language only.