News — Forthcoming title

We are pleased to announce that our forthcoming title Field Guide to Butterflies of The Philippines by Peter B. Hardy and James M. Lawrence is now close to completion and we are expecting to release this magnificent 488-page volume within the next few months. From the back cover The need for a comprehensive field guide to the butterflies of the Philippines has long been apparent. Interest in the butterflies in this country is rapidly moving away from the museum and commercial collector approach towards appreciating them as living organisms with a significant role in the ecosystem.All the 947 known Philippine...

Yesterday, Craig Chapman of UKAFH (UK Amateur Fossil Hunters) was interviewed by Wynne Evans on BBC Radio Wales about how to get started with fossil collecting in the UK, and in Wales in particular. The 10 minute interview starts at around 35 mins 45 secs in and can be heard by clicking here (but is only available for the next 29 days). Craig is a co-author of our new title, due out one week today, but advance copies are available via our website. Click the cover below to find out more and see what people are saying about this great...

We now have advance copies of our forthcoming title: A Guide to Fossil Collecting in England and Wales, written by Steve Snowball and Craig Chapman of UKAFH (UK Amateur Fossil Hunters - the UK's largest fossil hunting organization), so we decided to give it a field test by visiting one of the sites described in the book that was local to us here in Rochdale. The site we visited was Newhey Quarry, which we found easily following the directions given in the book. This is a Carboniferous locality famous for its plant fossils with a four (out of five) star...

We are very pleased to announce the following forthcoming title due out in January/February 2017: Fossil Collecting in England and Wales by Steve Snowball and Craig Chapman. Click the cover to go to the product page and pre-order your copy now. by Steve Snowball and Craig ChapmanSiri Scientific Press (2017) 978-0-9929979-9-1 RRP £18.00288 pp, 210 x 148 mm, soft cover, 500+ colour photographs & illustrations EXPECTED AVAILABILITY JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2017 PRE-ORDER NOW FOR LIMITED PERIOD 15% DISCOUNTReviews“This book fills a long-standing void. There is no other book that covers more than 50 UK fossil hunting localities in such detail. ... The...

We are pleased to announce the following new title in our Monograph Series currently in production for 2017: Ichthyosaurs from the Early Jurassic of Britain by Graham P. Weedon and Sandra D. Chapman. Ichthyosaurs were marine reptiles that date from the Mesozoic Era when the dinosaurs dominated the land. Although now extinct, occasionally the preservation of fully articulated skeletons including, exceptionally, their soft-parts allow the reconstruction of many details of ichthyosaur biology. In Britain the largest collection of ichthyosaur fossils is held by the Natural History Museum (NHM) in London with many beautiful specimens on display. This collection, which continues...