The cover art is finished for my new book and I LOVE IT!

This safari tour of the life in soil and what it means to us, is now available for pre-order as ebook, soft and hardcover in the UK and Commonwealth. Published in August next year (US date soon), I hope it'll entice everyone to fall in love with soil!

So far there will also be German, Polish and Japanese language versions too!

#Science #SciComm #Literature #Book #Soil #NatureBooks #SoiBiodiversity #Entomology

*DOOMSCROLLING CHECKPOINT*

Okay just stop. Breathe. Take your mind off the rapid collapse of US Democracy for just a few moments.

I'll help you. Here's some baby giant springtails, aren't they cute?

They don't understand human politics, they just eat fungi and logs and go to sleep. That must be nice for them.

Okay, off you go. Come back if you need to.

#Invertebrate #SoiBiodiversity #SoilEcology #Macrophotography #Collembola

It's rough out there at the moment, and there's little I can do except to offer a collection of baby springtails to bring a moment of comfort.

No matter what's going on in the world, remember there's always baby springtails near you, oblivious to it all and just living that little sproinglet dream.

#MacroPhotography #SoiBiodiversity #SoilEcology #Entomology #Collembola