🌿Exciting news! Registration for the 68th IAVS Annual Symposium is NOW OPEN! 📍 Held in the beautiful city of Gijón, Spain. 🗓️ 22-26 June 2026 ❗Deadline: March 31, 2026 ➡️ See more details here: vcs.pensoft.net/news/1079 @iavs5.bsky.social, @vegsciblog.bsky.social, @wgvc-iavs.bsky.social

What an exhilarating few days! 🌍 We were proud to support this year’s @biogeography.bsky.social conference in #Aarhus, Denmark. 📘We’re just as thrilled to be publishing the society’s #journal, Frontiers of #Biogeography → biogeography.pensoft.net @tibsaarhus2026.bsky.social #TIBS2026

✈️ For @tibsaarhus2026.bsky.social , we were proud to co-support Mahi Banal through the Maria Sibylla Merian Frontiers of Biogeography Award, which provides travel support for early-career #researchers from the Global South to present their work at the @biogeography.bsky.social conference in #Aarhus.

The winner of our special prize at @tibsaarhus2026.bsky.social is Saijing Liu for her poster, “Do mountains have a common diversification history?” 🎉She won a free publication in the open-access journal Frontiers of #Biogeography! biogeography.pensoft.net/news/1074 @biogeography.bsky.social

News from our journal Check List: Honduras has added a new bat species to its confirmed biodiversity: 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘴. This little-known species in Central America is closely associated with well-preserved humid tropical forests. 1/3

Our journals in taxonomy often get featured in new species showcases like this one - more proof, if we needed any, of our work's relevance in describing and protecting life on Earth and spreading awareness of the biodiversity crisis. www.cbc.ca/news/science...

🍄➡️🕷️ The #predator becomes the #prey: New #parasite #fungus 𝘗𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘮 feasts on trapdoor spiders in Brazil's Atlantic Forest. Described as #newspecies in our open-access journal (Dec 2025). 📰Story on @theguardian.com by @dpcarrington.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

👌 The #Horizon project SHOWCASE aims to facilitate the integration of #biodiversity into #farming practices. 📚 In their #openscience collection, the consortium has collated 48 publications, incl. the grant proposal, reports & research articles linked from various sources! 👉 doi.org/10.3897/rio....

🌿🦦 First publication in EMT’s Otter Topical Collection is now online Expert View “Forty years of Projeto Lontra: Lessons learned and the future of otter-led estuarine conservation” ✍️ Oldemar Carvalho Junior emt.pensoft.net/article/1834... #Otter #EstuarineHealth #ProjetoLontra

📸 Today at @tibsaarhus2026.bsky.social, Robert Whittaker talked about the island species-area relationship for plants globally. Robert is also the Editor-in-Chief of Frontiers of #Biogeography: biogeography.pensoft.net, the journal of @biogeography.bsky.social we are happy to publish! #TIBS2026

🧐 It might be named a "fairy", but there's little fairy-like about this parasitic #plant (especially if you happen to be a peaceful #fungus!), described as a #newspecies in November in our journal @phytokeys.pensoft.net. 🗞️ Story on @nytimes.com by @dmain.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/s...

🙌 At #LivingData2025, our team presented the 2.0 version of our signature XML-first #ARPHA Writing Tool. 👉 Find more about its #biodiversity data features in the conference abstract made available via @biss.pensoft.net journal: doi.org/10.3897/biss... 📢 #ARPHA Writing Tool 2.0 is COMING SOON!

This fundraiser, led by the International Mycological Association, supports travel awards for mycologists to attend the International Mycological Congress (IMC) in South Korea in 2027. By supporting this campaign, you help make global science more inclusive. To donate, go to gofund.me/b685b6dd8.

Huge thanks to all our readers, authors, editors, and reviewers for making 2025 such a great year for PhytoKeys! 🌱 We’re so excited to see what amazing work will sprout in 2026! #Pensoft2025Review

Our deepest thanks to the entire Biodiversity Data Journal community - readers, authors, editors, and reviewers. 2025 was a year of collaboration and discovery, and we look ahead with great anticipation to what 2026 will bring! #Pensoft2025Review

A heartfelt thank you to all our readers, authors, editors, and reviewers! 🍄2025 was a wonderful year for MycoKeys, and we’re excited to see what 2026 will bring! #Pensoft2025Review

Many thanks to all ZooKeys readers, authors, editors, and reviewers! ⭐2025 was fantastic, and we’re eager to see what 2026 brings. #Pensoft2025Review

🆕 In October, "The #Fish of Muddy Waters" conference took place at @nhmwien.bsky.social to inspire discussions about the #science & #conservation of #endangered native wetland #fishes. 🔎 See 50+ conference #abstracts in the collection at #ARPHA Conference Abstracts: aca.pensoft.net/collection/5...

Bence Schlitt won our special award at the II. Hungarian Zootaxonomy Conference last month! We're proud to offer him a free publication in one of our open-access journals. bdj.pensoft.net/news/1059

As 2025 draws to a close, we at Pensoft want to extend our warmest wishes to our editors, reviewers, researchers, partners, and followers. Thank you for being part of our journey this year. Wishing you all a joyful holiday season and a bright start to the new year! 🎄✨

Last chance to stop by our booth (L12) in the Lennox Suite at #BES2025! What an incredible event it has been so far.

📢 45 extended #conference #abstracts already made publicly & permanently available in the #LivingData2025 conference collection in our #journal! 💡Browse them by session to revisit the 2025 joint event by @tdwg.org, @gbif.org, @obis.org & @geobon.org! biss.pensoft.net/collection/5... 🔓

"We need to find, identify, count, and study our species before they are lost." Nepal's undocumented insect population means we cannot monitor trends, compare decline, or fully understand the impact of global threats on its ecosystems. myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/finding...

🎄 It’s a December tradition we truly cherish! 🤩 Once more, we welcomed the renowned Bulgarian #folklore ensemble: #Bulgare, to our Sofia headquarters! 🧐 Evidence suggests that their visit is a harbinger of another year full of achievements & good fortune! 🎉

Sandra Diaz opened #BES2025 with a brilliant talk on plant phenospaces, culminating in a call for more links between ecologists and the humanities.

We are delighted to be exhibiting at #BES2025 this week! Head to the Lennox Suite (L12) to say hello and learn about our open-access journals.

With @lifewatcheric.bsky.social & @naturalis.bsky.social, at #LivingData2025, we hosted a symposium dedicated to the transcendence of #research #projects. One such example is @forsaid.eu, funded by @horizoneu.bsky.social. 👉 The symposium's abstracts collection: biss.pensoft.net/browse_user_...

🔛 Next on #AGRI4POLUnfolded in Work Package 7: Communication, dissemination, exploitation and synergies with other projects. Led by @pensoft.net, this Work Package consists of seven tasks. Explore them in the post to find out more ➡️

Our latest blog post tells the story of 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖, a magical 'fairy lantern' species discovered in Malaysia. 🇲🇾 Researchers call for urgent conservation measures as fewer than 20 of the plants are known to exist in the wild. 🔗 blog.pensoft.net/2025/12/02/n...

🐍 Honouring late #SteveIrwin: the famous Australian #conservationist & #wildlife educator, this wolf #snake was described as a #newspecies in the #openaccess peer-reviewed journal @evolsyst.pensoft.net. 🗺️ The #reptile is thought to occur only on one island in the Indian Ocean. 🗞️ Via BBC Wildlife:

📢 The 1st Policy Brief by the @pollinera-horizon.eu consortium is NOW OUT 👍 Make sure to keep tabs on the project's #openaccess collections on @riojournal.com & @fesmj.pensoft.net for #project outputs meant to help reform #pesticides risk assessment for healthy #pollinators! 🔗 More on our blog:

👇 This study on best practices & challenges in monitoring #biological #invasions in South Africa published in @neobiota.pensoft.net journal is the latest result in the @b-cubed.eu project collection in our #openscience journal! 🧐 Explore all 27 project outcomes to date: doi.org/10.3897/rio....

Researchers in Malaysia have discovered an incredible new endemic ‘fairy lantern’ species with fewer than 20 individuals known to exist in the wild. 🔗 Learn all about it on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/12/02/n...

👇📃 Study by the @wildposh.eu project consortium was published in the 🔓 Bulletin of #Insectology: scholarly #journal by @unibo.it published on our @arphahub.com platform! 😉 Make sure to subscribe for newsletters for both @wildposh.eu & Bulletin of Insectology: bulletinofinsectology.xn--org-6p23b

We are delighted to see the remarkable rediscovery of 𝑀𝑜𝑒𝑚𝑎 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑒 featured in National Geographic España! www.nationalgeographic.com.es/medio-ambien...

In collaboration with Instituto Ekko Brasil’s Projeto Lontra, @emt.pensoft.net has launched a new topical collection: “Otters as Bioindicators of Estuarine Health: Innovations in Monitoring and Management from Tropical Coastal Brazil.” blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/27/o...

Earlier this month, we attended @entcollnet.bsky.social's Annual Meeting and @entsocamerica.bsky.social's Entomology 2025, both held in Portland, Oregon! 🔗 Head over to our blog to find out what we got up to: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/26/i... #EntSoc25 #ECN2025

A love letter to #spiders and everything they do for us, referencing a 2023 ZooKeys study by @mhedin.bsky.social and @forthespiders.bsky.social where they described 10 new cave spider species! eu.knoxnews.com/story/life/2...

We were very saddened to find out about Don Lafontaine's passing. He had a stellar career in lepidopterology and was deeply involved in our journal's development as editor and author. He will be missed. zookeys.pensoft.net/news/1031

🐝 Rounding off our #VALORwps series with Work Package 7: Co-developed tools for expanded engagement and interaction. This WP is led by @pensoft.net and undertakes five objectives. ➡️ Find out more about WP7 from our post and check out all WPs on our website: valor-project.eu/work-packages

📸 Last week, we joined @forestpaths.eu's 3rd Policy Lab, where the consortium teamed up with stakeholders to chart new pathways for #ClimateChange mitigation, while conserving European #forests and the services they provide. 👉 More about @forestpaths.eu on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2023/02/27/t...

🏵️ This week’s #SafeguardResearch examines the distribution, impacts, and traits of the invasive ornamental Gaillardia aristata (great blanketflower). 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.83.97325 @pensoft.net @neobiota.pensoft.net

A newly discovered Colombian orchid faces 'foretold' extinction, despite being assessed as “Least Concern” according to the IUCN Red List. Learn about the remarkable species and its Márquez-inspired name on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/19/n... @wcs.org @rdpalacio.bsky.social

🤗 We were there at the #LivingData2025 conference too! 👉Find our highlights on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/10/28/t... @tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org

🌊 The @biopole.bsky.social project (2022-2027) brings together #fieldwork & innovative #modelling to determine how polar #ecosystems regulate the balance of #carbon & nutrients in the world’s oceans; and their effect on global fish stocks & carbon storage. 📄Grant Proposal: doi.org/10.3897/rio....

🤔 How could #research #infrastructures be designed to embed #open #principles throughout their development & operation? 📃 A US team propose an open-by-design reference framework & guidance as prerequisites for a thriving #research and knowledge ecosystem. 🔓 Research paper: doi.org/10.3897/rio....

In September, the ScienceRadar newsletter highlighted WildPosh’s latest innovations in insect sampling. ScienceRadar, by @pensoft.net, celebrates groundbreaking research, science news, and tips for communicating complex ideas. 🔔 Subscribe to ScienceRadar: dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/103938...

The Crete Declaration outlines a clear vision for implementing One Health across Еurope with concrete commitments to drive innovation, generate evidence, and support effective policy-making. 🔎 bmd-project.eu/news/crete-d... @lifewatcheric.bsky.social @naturalis.bsky.social @sib.swiss @pensoft.net

Dr. Igor Ljubenkov served as EMT ambassador at MedGU-25 in Athens, helping expand the journal’s visibility. emt.pensoft.net/news/1030

📸 Last week's #BioAgora2025 annual meeting in Brussels! 🤝For 3 years now, we've been honoured to be part of the @bioagora.eu consortium as experts in #ScienceCommunication & dissemination & contributors to nature-friendly policies across the EU! ℹ️More on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2023/05/19/p...