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Today is the first International Fossil Insect Day, as established by Prof. Dany Azar at the International Meeting of the Palaeoentomological Society held in Edinburgh earlier this year (see our previous blog post about this event by clicking here). To mark this event we are offering 20% off our already discounted fossil insect titles using the following codes, which expire at midnight GMT on 3rd October! Fossilinsects1 for Fossil Insects: An introduction to palaeoentomology and Fossilinsects2 for Fossil insects of the Purbeck Limestone of Southern England. Today, insects are the little things that run the world ... and you should...

It is that time again ... the Yorkshire Fossil Festival will be witnessing its third incarnation this weekend. Last year we had a wonderful time at this event. It was great fun for all the family and well worth a visit. Remember also that we currently have a 10% discount off the RRP of our title: So you want to be a palaeontologist - practical advice for fossil enthusiasts of all ages by David Penney, but the discount code (Deposits2016) expires on Saturday! Click here to go to the product page. Some photos of last year's festival follow: More information...

We are pleased to announce that a very nice review of our title: So you want to be a palaeontologist? Practical advice for fossil enthusiasts of all ages by David Penney has just been published in the latest edition of Deposits Magazine. (Deposits Magazine 2016, snippets): In these times, when the classic discipline of palaeontology is diminishing, there is a demanding need to inspire the next generation of palaeontologists - and perhaps also to make this field of scientific research more approachable. ... this recent volume on the world of palaeontologists, by the widely acclaimed researcher and palaeontologist, Dr David...

National Insect Week 2016 is taking place from today until 26th June and to mark this occasion we are offering a 20% discount off our already reduced prices for all our entomology titles! Just add (and apply) the code: NIW2016 at checkout (code expires on 26 June). To find out more about this event click the image below or scroll down to see some of the entomology titles we have included in this special offer. You can click on the covers to visit the page where you can see more information about each title, including contents, reviews, etc. or to...

Love them or loathe them, spiders seem to be all over the place, whether it be sitting on a flower head, hanging in the middle of a beautifully geometric orb web or scuttling across your floor. But ... have you ever stopped to wonder how many different types there are? Even in the UK most people can probably only recognize a handful of different types. For example, the common house spider, the daddy-long-legs spider, the common garden spider, the zebra jumping spider (seen on walls on sunny days), and possibly a few others. Author of the blog with a giant...