Neotropical Biology and Conservation
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Peer-reviewed, open-access journal devoted to the description, analysis and conservation of biodiversity.
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🌙 ⭐ Nocturnal mammals in the Peruvian Amazon love using human-made canopy walkways in trees! 🌳🌴
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Check out our new research here, led by Justin Santiago: neotropical.pensoft.net/article/1547...
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Check out our new research here, led by Justin Santiago: neotropical.pensoft.net/article/1547...
🌳 These Man-Made Walkways Help Sloths, Monkeys & More!
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November 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
🌙 ⭐ Nocturnal mammals in the Peruvian Amazon love using human-made canopy walkways in trees! 🌳🌴
@binghamtonu.bsky.social @morphoinstitute.org
Check out our new research here, led by Justin Santiago: neotropical.pensoft.net/article/1547...
@binghamtonu.bsky.social @morphoinstitute.org
Check out our new research here, led by Justin Santiago: neotropical.pensoft.net/article/1547...
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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...
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Learn about the remarkable species and its Márquez-inspired name on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/19/n...
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Newly discovered orchid faces ‘foretold’ extinction
Inspired by its seemingly doomed fate, the Colombian species was named after the protagonist of Gabriel García Márquez’s Chronicle of a Death Foretold.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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
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
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Thought to be possibly extinct, the beautiful killifish 𝑀𝑜𝑒𝑚𝑎 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑒 has been rediscovered in Bolivia, providing a second chance for conservation.
Read more on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/14/a...
Read more on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/14/a...
A second chance for conservation: lost fish species rediscovered in Bolivia
Researchers have announced the rediscovery of Moema claudiae, a fish species in Bolivia that was previously thought to be possibly extinct.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Thought to be possibly extinct, the beautiful killifish 𝑀𝑜𝑒𝑚𝑎 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑒 has been rediscovered in Bolivia, providing a second chance for conservation.
Read more on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/14/a...
Read more on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/14/a...
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We had a fantastic time at the #IUCNCongress in Abu Dhabi! Read all about the event and Pensoft's involvement in our latest blog post: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/04/p...
Pensoft showcases open science and restoration innovation at the IUCN World Conservation Congress
Pensoft joined thousands of global conservationists, policymakers, and researchers in Abu Dhabi for the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
We had a fantastic time at the #IUCNCongress in Abu Dhabi! Read all about the event and Pensoft's involvement in our latest blog post: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/04/p...
We're happy to attend #LivingData2025 together with the @pensoft.net team! It's a great way to connect with researchers from all around the world and discuss open access publishing.
October 24, 2025 at 10:04 AM
We're happy to attend #LivingData2025 together with the @pensoft.net team! It's a great way to connect with researchers from all around the world and discuss open access publishing.
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These great scientific illustrations by @illustrixxxy.bsky.social showcase our equally great journals, including @neotropical.pensoft.net, @mycokeys.pensoft.net, @imafungus.pensoft.net, @saddi.pensoft.net, and @mbmg.pensoft.net at #LivingData2025 - truly works of art!
October 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
These great scientific illustrations by @illustrixxxy.bsky.social showcase our equally great journals, including @neotropical.pensoft.net, @mycokeys.pensoft.net, @imafungus.pensoft.net, @saddi.pensoft.net, and @mbmg.pensoft.net at #LivingData2025 - truly works of art!
Two new species of the wasp genus 𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑎 are described from Mexico and Panama.
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October 20, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Two new species of the wasp genus 𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑎 are described from Mexico and Panama.
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What an incredible event! Our publisher, @pensoft.net, represented 𝑁𝑒𝑜𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝐵𝑖𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 and many other open-access journals at the #IUCNcongress in Abu Dhabi.
🎉Happy World Migratory #Birds Day! 🐦
🤩 Shoutout to everyone attending the #IUCNcongress today in Abu Dhabi: come by our stand #229 to find out what we've prepped for the celebration! 🎉
#WorldMigratoryBirdsDay #BirdLife
🤩 Shoutout to everyone attending the #IUCNcongress today in Abu Dhabi: come by our stand #229 to find out what we've prepped for the celebration! 🎉
#WorldMigratoryBirdsDay #BirdLife
October 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
What an incredible event! Our publisher, @pensoft.net, represented 𝑁𝑒𝑜𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝐵𝑖𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 and many other open-access journals at the #IUCNcongress in Abu Dhabi.
Camera traps show seven arboreal mammal species actively using artificial canopy walkways in an unfragmented Amazon forest, providing key insights for tropical conservation corridor design.
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Arboreal mammal use of canopy walkway bridges in an Amazonian forest with continuous canopy cover
The Amazon Basin is a biodiversity hotspot, with vertically stratified forests fostering complex habitats and high mammal diversity. Although mammals play a critical role in maintaining ecosystem stru...
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October 1, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Camera traps show seven arboreal mammal species actively using artificial canopy walkways in an unfragmented Amazon forest, providing key insights for tropical conservation corridor design.
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Easy prey: Opportunistic predation of great fruit-eating bat (Artibeus lituratus) by ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) with ocular anomaly in Cerros de Amotape National Park, Tumbes.
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September 29, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Easy prey: Opportunistic predation of great fruit-eating bat (Artibeus lituratus) by ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) with ocular anomaly in Cerros de Amotape National Park, Tumbes.
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Non-native species are widespread across inselbergs in Brazilian tropical forests, with many of them invasive, highlighting an urgent need for intervention.
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September 10, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Non-native species are widespread across inselbergs in Brazilian tropical forests, with many of them invasive, highlighting an urgent need for intervention.
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Two records of the giant planarian species 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑦𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑢𝑠 𝑔𝑎𝑦𝑖 preying on the invasive slug 𝐿𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑥 𝑚𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑠 in Chile's temperate forests reveal two distinct types of predatory behaviour and elicit ecological considerations.
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August 29, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Two records of the giant planarian species 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑦𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑢𝑠 𝑔𝑎𝑦𝑖 preying on the invasive slug 𝐿𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑥 𝑚𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑠 in Chile's temperate forests reveal two distinct types of predatory behaviour and elicit ecological considerations.
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Researchers explore how termites and ants share nests, looking at patterns of termite–ant cohabitation networks across different forest coverages in the Colombian Amazon, with a focus on taxonomic composition, nesting substrates, and ant functional guilds.
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Cohabitation networks: exploring how termites and ants share nests in Amazonian forests
Cohabitation between ants and termites is a widespread yet understudied ecological interaction in tropical forests. This study explores the patterns of termite–ant cohabitation networks across differe...
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August 29, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Researchers explore how termites and ants share nests, looking at patterns of termite–ant cohabitation networks across different forest coverages in the Colombian Amazon, with a focus on taxonomic composition, nesting substrates, and ant functional guilds.
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Researchers investigate the prevalence and parasitemia levels of avian malaria in a tropical dry forest region in eastern Guatemala, finding no significant differences between urban and rural bird populations.
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August 26, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Researchers investigate the prevalence and parasitemia levels of avian malaria in a tropical dry forest region in eastern Guatemala, finding no significant differences between urban and rural bird populations.
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This adorable new species of velvet worm from Ecuador, however, was loved by all.
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Cute but deadly: a new velvet worm species from Ecuador
The so-called "living fossil" shoots a sticky substance from a pair of glands to trap its prey.
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August 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
This adorable new species of velvet worm from Ecuador, however, was loved by all.
blog.pensoft.net/2024/06/27/c... 🧵(4/15)
blog.pensoft.net/2024/06/27/c... 🧵(4/15)
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During recent botanical explorations in thе Cordillera del Cóndor, researchers discovered a new species of 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑏𝑎𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑎. Find out all about it here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
#Neotropical #newspecies #rainforests @nybg.bsky.social
#Neotropical #newspecies #rainforests @nybg.bsky.social
August 8, 2025 at 8:57 AM
During recent botanical explorations in thе Cordillera del Cóndor, researchers discovered a new species of 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑏𝑎𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑎. Find out all about it here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
#Neotropical #newspecies #rainforests @nybg.bsky.social
#Neotropical #newspecies #rainforests @nybg.bsky.social
Researchers explore how high temperatures and drought affect the germination of two endangered Populus species from the Neotropical region of Mexico.
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July 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Researchers explore how high temperatures and drought affect the germination of two endangered Populus species from the Neotropical region of Mexico.
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Genetic diversity in pudu deer from southern Chile is negatively impacted by native forest fragmentation, highlighting the need to maintain forest continuity for the species' conservation and long-term survival.
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Genetic structure and microsatellite-based genetic variation influenced by habitat fragmentation in pudu deer (Pudu puda) from southern Chile
Landscape alterations have strong impacts on the distribution of genetic variation within and between populations, and understanding these effects can provide insights for design conservation strategi...
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July 18, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Genetic diversity in pudu deer from southern Chile is negatively impacted by native forest fragmentation, highlighting the need to maintain forest continuity for the species' conservation and long-term survival.
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It's World Snake Day, which means its time to revisit this incredible video of two red-tailed coral snakes competing over a caecilian in the first documented case of kleptoparasitism (food theft) in wild elapid snakes! 🐍
July 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
It's World Snake Day, which means its time to revisit this incredible video of two red-tailed coral snakes competing over a caecilian in the first documented case of kleptoparasitism (food theft) in wild elapid snakes! 🐍
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