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Although the main activity at Siri Scientific Press is the publication of specialist natural history books focused on palaeontology and entomology, there is more to us than that! We are also involved in academic research activities and are always happy to take a little time out for the fun things as well, in addition to trying to encourage youngsters with an interest in science and nature. On Tuesday and Wednesday we were happy to host Dean Lomax, the author of two of our titles: Dinosaurs of the British Isles and Fossils of the Whitby Coast. In addition to the discussions...

On Saturday we visited the Yorkshire Fossil Festival in Scarborough. Although it is rather late in the year, the weather was glorious. For most of the day there was barely a cloud in the sky. There were plenty of exhibits aimed at people of all ages and interests (e.g. fossils, minerals, meteorites, etc.), including exhibits from the local Rotunda Museum, in addition to those from  further afield, e.g. the Natural History Museum, London, the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, as well as learned societies such as the Palaeontological Association and the Geological Association. Our author, Dean Lomax (of Dinosaur...

Have you ever wondered about what the first animals to move from the oceans onto the land looked like? How about whether or not there is any evidence of them in the fossil record and if so where does it come from and what are the key fossils that provide the clues? The answers to these questions have been provided in our beautifully illustrated book: Solving the Mystery of the First Animals on Land: The Fossils of Blackberry Hill, published in July. To find out more about the remarkable fossil trackways and body fossils of the first forays onto land...

This Saturday and Sunday (19 and 20 September) our author Dean Lomax and co-presenter of the recent Dinosaur Britain TV documentary series will be at the Yorkshire Fossil Festival in Scarborough taking questions from the public & signing copies of his Siri Scientific Press books Dinosaurs of the British Isles & Fossils of the Whitby coast.                                                    Please show your support for Dean and pick up a great book (or two) in the process, signed and...

Fossilized fleas in amber are exceptionally rare, with only a handful of specimens discovered to date. All of these have been referred to modern groups still alive today, including (initially), a remarkable specimen in Dominican amber with unique features that warrant new tribal status. These properties are five-segmented maxillary palps and a pair of cerci-like organs positioned on tergite-X near the tip of the abdomen. The new species Atopopsyllus cionus was described by Dr. George Poinar, Jr., an entomologist from Oregon State University who published his findings in the latest edition of the Journal of Medical Entomology. Atopopsyllus cionus in Miocene...