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𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘰𝘮𝘺𝘪𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 has been recorded for the first time from Colombia in a cacao-producing #agroecosystem in the Municipality of El Doncello, Department of Caquetá. Learn more here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14…

This article is part of the Topical Collection "Plot-based Surveys of Island Biodiversity – the BIOMONI-PLOT Network" and you can access it here: doi.org/10.3897/bdj.co…

A #bryophyte survey of Santa Maria Island in the Azores uncovered 85 species - including 25 new island records and rare endemic #mosses and #liverworts found nowhere else on Earth. ➡️#OA paper here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14…

This research is part of the topical collection "Multi-level assessment of #climatechange impacts in benthic marine invertebrates: insights from the MACCIMO project" and you can access it here: doi.org/10.3897/bdj.co…

How do sea sponges and snails cope with warmer, more acidic oceans? A new dataset from the Mediterranean tracks their genetic responses to simulated future climate conditions - a resource for understanding #marineresilience: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14…

The feather duster #worm Bispira melanostigma has been recorded for the first time in Mexico - and it has a hitchhiker. Tiny ciliate Licnophora chattoni was found living on its tentacles, a pairing never documented in science before: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14…

Temporary pools host rare and threatened #plants few habitats can support. A new study maps #vegetation around the rare Ranunculus lateriflorus in Slovakia and Ukraine - including a #plantcommunity recorded in Ukraine for the first time: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14…

🐛 The XIII European Congress of Entomology (ECE 2026) is set to be held in Tours, France, from June 29 to July 3, 2026. ➡️ Find out more by accessing our latest news announcement: bdj.pensoft.net/news/1227 #ECE2026Tours

🦋 Abstract submission for ZoologyCon 2026 is now open! ➡️ Check out our latest news announcement to learn more: bdj.pensoft.net/news/1214 ➡️ Official website of ZoologyCon: zoologycon.ro/home/

🌊 Happy #Deepday! Initiated by the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, this annual day celebrates and raises awareness of the incredible #biodiversity of our #deepseas. Check out @pensoft's blog to learn more 👇blog.pensoft.net/2026/05/07/cel…

🌿 #BioMonWeek26 has officially kickstarted in Montpellier! The event is bringing together Europe’s biodiversity monitoring community to bridge the gap between science and policy. 🧪 Stop by and check out the latest materials from @MBMGjournal. 📢 Stay tuned for live updates.

🕷️ The male of the spider Meotipa vittiforma has been described for the first time - years after the species was known only from a single female specimen from Hainan, China. The newly identified male was found in forest canopies of Hubei Province: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14…

🪲Two new beetle species have been described from the mountains of northern Honshu, Japan. Read more about Nebria hayachinensis & Nebria yuda here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14…

🕷️ #Molecular and morphological identification methods have revealed a new species of cellar spider of the genus #Phlocus - Phlocus yajiyagama - from the Ryukyu Islands in Japan. See the detailed description & microscopic images of the new #spider here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14…

What would happen to the bacterial and fungal communities associated with the sponge Chondrilla nucula under the projected climate scenarios? New study examines the microsymbionts and their composition as part of a controlled experiment spanning 3 months: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14…

🌿 The 11th Conference of the European Committee for the Conservation of Bryophytes is scheduled to be held at the Botanical Garden of Cagliari, Sardinia, from May 19 to 22, 2026. ➡️ Our latest announcement: bdj.pensoft.net/news/1202 ➡️ Conference website: eccbmeeting.cagliari.it

New study provides an updated checklist of 21 species in the ironclad #beetle family (Zopheridae), fresh distribution data for 14 of them, and the first recorded sighting of 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘺𝘥𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘪 in the country. See the #checklist here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14…

🐜Researchers mapped "acrobat #ants" across Colombia's threatened #tropical dry #forests, finding 23 species - most abundant in the Caribbean region. The findings highlight both their resilience to #habitat loss and major gaps in coverage. Learn more here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14…

This article is part of the collection "Plot-based Surveys of #Island #Biodiversity – the BIOMONI-PLOT Network"👇 doi.org/10.3897/bdj.co…

🪲Researchers have compiled a baseline #beetle #dataset from 16 permanent forest plots across the Azores (Pico & Terceira), using a repeatable sampling protocol built for cross-island comparison. And you can check it out here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14… @BiodiversaPlus @IUCN