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A global review of 964 museum voucher specimens of the bull #shark, Carcharhinus leucas, confirms its presence where its status was uncertain and flags priority regions for future sampling, including South America and the Indian Ocean coast. Read more: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14.e2057…

The #soil #centipede Vinaphilus unicus is recorded in China for the first time, from Hainan Province. This also marks the first record of the family Gonibregmatidae in the country, and the male is described for the first time. Open-access study: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14.e2175…

It was fantastic to attend “Unlocking frontiers in bee informatics with TaxonWorks” at #EntSoc2026! Presenter Matthew Yoder is an editor and author in @BioDataJournal, and co-author Deborah Paul is Editor-in-Chief of @NHCMjournal.

⏳ 1 month left until the deadline for @BioDataJournal's new topical collection on open digital curation of natural history collections #data. Have an interesting research? Submit now👇 🔗 bdj.pensoft.net/topical_coll…

A review of 21,505 records lists 187 freshwater copepod species in Thailand, 58 found nowhere else. Ponds and cave pools are richest, but sampling is incomplete and many species likely remain undiscovered. Read on: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14.e2122… #copepods #biodiversity

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Sedges are sensitive to water. A new study used remote sensing and #GIS to map 115 Cyperaceae taxa across Azerbaijan and examined how a slightly warmer, drier 2020-2024 could affect their marshy and meadow habitats. Full #openaccess paper: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14.e1946…

🐞 @Pensoft is all the way in Columbus, Ohio at the annual meeting of the @EntCollNet - #ECN2026! 👋 If you have made the journey, stop by Pensoft's booth inside the main event room, where you can see our journal featured.

💬 We also had the fantastic opportunity to listen to his talk, "Forging a theory of Marine Island Biogeography".

🤝 It was great to see Sergio Avila, a subject editor in our journal, at the @Pensoft booth at #ZoologyCon2026! #Zoology #Bucharest #OpenScience

Great to meet Dr. Rodolphe Rougerie (Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle) at the @Pensoft stand at #iBOL2026 and catch up. He's a Subject Editor at BDJ and @cklistjournal, and a frequent author across our journals.

His articles in BDJ: bdj.pensoft.net/browse_journ… His articles in MBMG: mbmg.pensoft.net/browse_jour…

Yesterday at #iBOL2026, Dmitry Schigel of GBIF took us through his talk “Open Data in Biodiversity Science: Origins and Challenges.” He’s a frequent author and Subject Editor at @BioDataJournal and @MBMGjournal, and a BEAGLE partner. Great to hear his perspective in person.

Great to see Cornelis van Achterberg at the @Pensoft stand at #iBOL2026! A super prolific author across @ZooKeys_Journal, @BioDataJournal and the @HymenopteraJour Articles in BDJ: bdj.pensoft.net/browse_journ…

Museum drawers hold centuries of undescribed biodiversity At #iBOL2026, during his talk, Dr. Ben Price (@NHM_Science, editor at @BioDataJournal and @ZooKeys_Journal, @BioGenEurope partner) showed how high-throughput museomics can open them up at scale.

🌿 @Pensoft is delighted to be at ZoologyCon 2026, the international zoology congress taking place in Bucharest from 4 to 7 November. 📚 Drop by Pensoft's booth to see our journal featured and learn more about how we can support your research. #ZoologyCon2026 #Zoology

🐛 Fall armyworm strains in Burkina Faso are interbreeding. A new study of larvae from maize and sorghum fields finds frequent corn x rice hybrids and high gene flow across agroecological zones. Read the paper: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14.e2121…

A taxonomic revision of the #moth genus Hypocala in China offers updated descriptions and illustrations of four species, plus a key, synonymies and host plant records. It sets a baseline for future #taxonomic and pest-management research. doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14.e2179…