User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter: World Discussion/@comment-6050823-20171102200128/@comment-6050823-20171106015641

It's not just the books but also special interviews in magazines and public events like Nintendo Dream (Example: Volume 267 which contains concept as well lore info on Nakarkos) and Dengeki (Example: 7/31/2011 They revealed Green Nargacuga's and Brute Tigrex's ecology at MH Festa). A lot of Monster Hunter's lore is outside of the games which is the reason why you never see any mention of some this info inside of the games. Most people, like yourself, don't realize that and just mention what appears in the game when there is far more than just the game for the series. The main reason why most people don't know this information is that most of the lore, ecology, etc. is in Japanese. Usually, we don't really see any mention of Monster Hunter's lore outside of Japan really, unless someone is like keeping track of it constantly. There is a lot of lore left open in MH that I haven't really even gotten to yet due to that reason alone like the explanations for a lot of the Deviants (Despite what the game says, a lot of the Deviants haven't changed due to surviving battles with the hunters. Some of them have simply changed due to old age like Silver Ridge Gammoth.) Here are some other books with info on the monsters and lore I haven't mentioned;


 * Monster Ecology Book
 * Hunter's Encyclopedia 1-4 (https://www.amazon.com/Monster-Hunter-Hunters-Encyclopedia-3/dp/4047265039)