Rapid public reporting is key to controlling the spread of invasive yellow-legged hornets in Great Britain. 🇬🇧 Learn more in the latest @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/09/23/h... @bbka.org.uk

Invasive fish are entering the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal, but what is causing them to spread? 🌍🐟 blog.pensoft.net/2025/09/18/h... @pensoft.net

Our publisher @pensoft.net presented two awards at #SCCS25, including a Best Talk award which entitles the winner to a free publication in Nature Conservation! natureconservation.pensoft.net/news/970

We are thrilled to present our first completed topical collection, "Entomological Outreach Collections and Community Engagement." Read all about it here! blog.pensoft.net/2025/09/12/b...

The latest guest post on the @pensoft.net blog outlines a new, non-lethal method of studying pollinator networks. 🐝🧬 blog.pensoft.net/2025/09/11/t...

It's day two of #Ento25 in Glasgow! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Head up to our stand on 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 to learn all about our entomology journals and EU projects. 🐜🐝 @royentsoc.bsky.social

Jasmine Cates and Anthony Abbate describe Auburn University Native Bee Lab’s outreach collection and its important role in the lab’s broader outreach program. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/nhcm...

Freshwater mussel larvae in museum collections offer untapped insights for taxonomy and conservation: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm...

Researchers introduce a quick-assessment tool for insect outreach drawers based on five criteria: information, relevance, aesthetics, potential for engagement, and inspiration. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/nhcm... @entiminae.bsky.social @universityofkansas.bsky.social

Open Scientific Collections Austria (OSCA) – from concept to workflows. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/arph... @nhcm.pensoft.net

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲! To celebrate our recent move over to Bluesky, enjoy a collection of weird and wonderful discoveries published in our journal! 🧵(1/15)

The three journals we publish on behalf of @mfnberlin.bsky.social have taken the step from X to Bluesky! 🧵(1/4)

How should we frame and name the diversity of information linked to specimens in natural history collections? Researchers provide an overview of the most commonly used key terms, examine their conceptual interrelations, and present a literature-based survey of their usage. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/nhcm...

Ashleigh L. Whiffin provides an overview of National Museums Scotland's portable insect displays for outreach, along with lessons learned and recommendations for creating similar drawers. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/nhcm...

"By integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Local Ecological Knowledge into ecological research and respecting the agency of Indigenous communities, outreach collections can help foster meaningful collaborations that lead to more inclusive and respectful strategies." doi.org/10.3897/nhcm...

Abby Weber presents “Bugged Out: From Fashion to Forensics,” a high school outreach class exploring the impacts and uses of insects in our daily lives through self-paced activities and outreach drawers. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/nhcm...

Pensoft and Natural History Collections and Museomics support rising stars at the NHM London Student Conference 2025. #NHMStudentConference2025

The Universidade de São Paulo uncovers 1899 moth showing how museums helped tackle crop pests during Brazil’s 19th-century cotton boom. doi.org/10.3897/nhcm...

The Museums in Miniature project provides a drawer of curated local insect specimens for display in schools, libraries, and other educational institutions using specimens of abundant taxa, or those missing data or otherwise unsuitable for research. doi.org/10.3897/nhcm...

This short communication highlights the transformative impact of sci comm through a bee exhibition accompanied by a visual infographic in a rural museum in La Tatacoa, Colombia. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/nhcm...

“Lepidoptera Fluminensis” is a forgotten eighteenth-century lepidochromy book on Brazilian moths and butterflies. Researchers present a history of lepidochromy alongside the history of the book. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/nhcm...

In 2024, the Museum of Texas Tech University ran an experimental event showcasing the Invertebrate Zoology Collection of the Natural Science Research Laboratory to the public, celebrating June Bug Day through an in-person event entitled Come Bug Me. doi.org/10.3897/nhcm... @entiminae.bsky.social

Researchers describe the development of a digitising-printing workflow for 3D scanned insect replicas. They present two use case studies and discuss potential benefits and applications for natural history museums. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/nhcm...

What are semi-double flowers? A new bramble species discovered in China displays the rare trait. Learn more on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/06/20/w...

A practical coating method using Paraloid B-72 shows promise in improving the long-term preservation of microscope slide labels in natural history collections without compromising readability. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/nhcm... @simonmllr.bsky.social

Integrating live insects with traditional displays at outreach events can inspire deeper connections and encourage conservation efforts, this forum paper argues. doi.org/10.3897/nhcm...

In the latest @pensoft.net guest blog post, Dr. Kelly Carruthers (@crazbuglady.bsky.social) ‬explains how students in Georgia's Science Olympiad entomology exam were given real insect specimens to engage with, rather than just images, to encourage hands-on learning. blog.pensoft.net/2025/06/09/s...

A modern re-examination of six historical myxomycete type specimens from the A. A. Jaczewski herbarium clarifies their taxonomy and highlights overlooked taxa, including one not mentioned since 1879. doi.org/10.3897/nhcm...

In the latest @pensoft.net guest blog post, Dr. Kelly Carruthers (@crazbuglady.bsky.social) ‬explains how students in Georgia's Science Olympiad entomology exam were given real insect specimens to engage with, rather than just images, to encourage hands-on learning. blog.pensoft.net/2025/06/09/s...

Researchers have discovered three new orchid species - each utilising an unusual method of asexual reproduction known as prolification - from the cloud forests of Costa Rica and Panama. blog.pensoft.net/2025/06/02/t... @pensoft.net

The newly established Invertebrate Division at the LOUNAZ Museum in southern Ecuador has rapidly become a regional hub for research, education, and conservation of invertebrate biodiversity in a historically under-studied area. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/nhcm...

Students in Georgia's Science Olympiad entomology exam engaged with real insect specimens rather than just images, enhancing hands-on learning and fostering STEM interest. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/nhcm...

Follow our portfolio of OA, peer-reviewed journals to keep up to date with the latest research in biodiversity, ecology, and more! go.bsky.app/VKsmRtL

The KwaZulu-Natal Museum's entomology outreach program uses curated insect drawers to engage and educate diverse audiences. This paper explores the benefits and challenges of using these for informal science communication in multilingual, resource-limited settings. doi.org/10.3897/nhcm...

It's #DeepDay, a day to celebrate the world’s largest, least explored habitat: the deep sea. Today we thank all those working to understand and protect the darkest depths of our planet. #DefendTheDeep @deepseaconserve.bsky.social 🧵(1/7)

On #EarthDay, we thank all those whose research and initiatives deepen our understanding and strengthen our ability to protect the natural world.

Blog based on this paper Sigwart JD et al. 2025 Collectomics – towards a new framework to integrate museum collections to address global challenges. Natural History Collections and Museomics 2: 1-20. doi.org/10.3897/nhcm...

‘Everything (in museums) Everywhere, All at Once’ Blogpost by Julia Sigwart “Collectomics concept represents a holistic modern view of museum collections … new approach shifts the perspective to treating collections as a single global dataset. blog.pensoft.net/2025/04/03/e...

"Imagine walking into a museum and realising that every specimen... is part of a vast, interconnected web of knowledge." Julia Sigwart (@sigwartae.bsky.social) introduces the concept of 'collectomics' in this guest post on the @pensoft.net blog. blog.pensoft.net/2025/04/03/e...

"Imagine walking into a museum and realising that every specimen... is part of a vast, interconnected web of knowledge." Julia Sigwart (@sigwartae.bsky.social) introduces the concept of 'collectomics' in this guest post on the @pensoft.net blog. blog.pensoft.net/2025/04/03/e...

Welcoming four new subject editors at Natural History Collections and Museomics. nhcm.pensoft.net/news/809

🐸 Rediscovery of a Chilean #anuran described in @zookeys.pensoft.net was determined by @forbes.com "as much a story of historical detective work as it is a #scientific breakthrough." 🧐 It also highlights the role of precise locality #data & historical context. 🔗 Full study: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

📢 Deadline extension! ⏳ 30 April 2025

A deep dive into historical specimens reveals the isopod genus Merulanella needs a taxonomic overhaul, with new genera proposed. doi.org/10.3897/nhcm... @unituebingen.bsky.social

This collection description of Mutilla europaea deposited in Sweden's major Natural History Museums reveals the geographical distribution and frequency of the species in southern Sweden. doi.org/10.3897/nhcm...

Antonio Carruccio built Italy’s first specimen-based ornithology program in Rome (1883–1914), blending science, citizen engagement, and early conservation efforts. doi.org/10.3897/nhcm...

This paper on terrestrial isopods was released on time since it went live one day before #taxonomistappreciationday. And today is a good day to talk about the second main topic in our paper: the taxonomic impediment. (1/12)

New paper! Benedikt, a student assistant who worked with me, told me he was passionate about isopods... So we wrote a paper! Facing the taxonomic impediment — a reassessment of Merulanella Verhoeff, 1926 (Oniscidea, Armadillidae) through historical specimens nhcm.pensoft.net/articles.php...

🤩 Our #journal mentioned by @pensoft.net's CEO & founder at his talk today at the XIII Latin American Congress of #Botany in Havana! 🙌 Always exciting to hear how #scholarlypublishing, #sciencecommunication, #collections & #datapublishing work together for progress in #science & society! 🌍

You can find us at #XIIICLB in Havana, Cuba, where we'll be happy to discuss open-access publishing in botany and mycology with you! We're also presenting a session on Friday, March 14!