Pensoft
@pensoft.net
Open-acces scholarly publisher known for its data & semantics publishing innovations & tools.
Developer of the ARPHA publishing platform.
Consortium member at multiple Horizon Europe-funded projects.
Website: https://pensoft.net
Developer of the ARPHA publishing platform.
Consortium member at multiple Horizon Europe-funded projects.
Website: https://pensoft.net
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
January 12, 2026 at 10:49 AM
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...
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Tarantula with XXL genitalia, 'death ball' sponge among cool species of 2025 | CBC News
A spider with extraordinary genitalia, a carnivorous caterpillar that wears its prey's body parts, and a tiny opossum are among the cool new species described by science in 2025.
www.cbc.ca
January 9, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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...
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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🍄➡️🕷️ 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/...
📰Story on @theguardian.com by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fly-arousing orchid and zombie fungus among 2025 botanical and fungal finds
Botanists also name an overlooked snowdrop growing in the UK and a fruit that tastes like banana and guava
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:12 AM
🍄➡️🕷️ 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/...
📰Story on @theguardian.com by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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👌 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....
📚 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....
January 9, 2026 at 9:54 AM
👌 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....
📚 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....
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🌿🦦 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
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
January 8, 2026 at 6:13 PM
🌿🦦 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
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
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
January 7, 2026 at 4:38 PM
📸 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
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...
🗞️ Story on @nytimes.com by @dmain.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/s...
Who’s the Parasite Now? This Newly Discovered ‘Fairy Lantern’ Flower.
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:27 PM
🧐 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...
🗞️ 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!
👉 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!
January 6, 2026 at 5:37 PM
🙌 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!
👉 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!
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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.
By supporting this campaign, you help make global science more inclusive.
To donate, go to gofund.me/b685b6dd8.
December 31, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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.
By supporting this campaign, you help make global science more inclusive.
To donate, go to gofund.me/b685b6dd8.
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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
🌱 We’re so excited to see what amazing work will sprout in 2026!
#Pensoft2025Review
December 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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
🌱 We’re so excited to see what amazing work will sprout in 2026!
#Pensoft2025Review
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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
2025 was a year of collaboration and discovery, and we look ahead with great anticipation to what 2026 will bring!
#Pensoft2025Review
December 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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
2025 was a year of collaboration and discovery, and we look ahead with great anticipation to what 2026 will bring!
#Pensoft2025Review
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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
🍄2025 was a wonderful year for MycoKeys, and we’re excited to see what 2026 will bring!
#Pensoft2025Review
December 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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
🍄2025 was a wonderful year for MycoKeys, and we’re excited to see what 2026 will bring!
#Pensoft2025Review
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Many thanks to all ZooKeys readers, authors, editors, and reviewers!
⭐2025 was fantastic, and we’re eager to see what 2026 brings.
#Pensoft2025Review
⭐2025 was fantastic, and we’re eager to see what 2026 brings.
#Pensoft2025Review
December 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Many thanks to all ZooKeys readers, authors, editors, and reviewers!
⭐2025 was fantastic, and we’re eager to see what 2026 brings.
#Pensoft2025Review
⭐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...
🔎 See 50+ conference #abstracts in the collection at #ARPHA Conference Abstracts: aca.pensoft.net/collection/5...
December 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
🆕 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...
🔎 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
bdj.pensoft.net/news/1059
Bence Schlitt wins Pensoft’s Best Early Career Researcher Presentation award at the II. Hungarian Zootaxonomy Conference
The II. Hungarian Zootaxonomy Conference completed its two-day programme, held on November 27 and 28, 2025, at the University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest. The core objective of the conference was ...
bdj.pensoft.net
December 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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
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! 🎄✨
Wishing you all a joyful holiday season and a bright start to the new year! 🎄✨
December 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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! 🎄✨
Wishing you all a joyful holiday season and a bright start to the new year! 🎄✨
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📢 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... 🔓
💡Browse them by session to revisit the 2025 joint event by @tdwg.org, @gbif.org, @obis.org & @geobon.org!
biss.pensoft.net/collection/5... 🔓
December 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
📢 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... 🔓
💡Browse them by session to revisit the 2025 joint event by @tdwg.org, @gbif.org, @obis.org & @geobon.org!
biss.pensoft.net/collection/5... 🔓
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"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...
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...
Finding Species First: Nepal’s Conservation Challenge
myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"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...
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...
Sandra Diaz opened #BES2025 with a brilliant talk on plant phenospaces, culminating in a call for more links between ecologists and the humanities.
December 16, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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.
December 16, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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_...
One such example is @forsaid.eu, funded by @horizoneu.bsky.social.
👉 The symposium's abstracts collection:
biss.pensoft.net/browse_user_...
December 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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_...
One such example is @forsaid.eu, funded by @horizoneu.bsky.social.
👉 The symposium's abstracts collection:
biss.pensoft.net/browse_user_...
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🔛 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 ➡️
Led by @pensoft.net, this Work Package consists of seven tasks. Explore them in the post to find out more ➡️
December 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🔛 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 ➡️
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...
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...
New critically endangered ‘fairy lantern’ discovered in Malaysia
Just 20 individuals of the unusual species are known to exist in the wild.
blog.pensoft.net
December 8, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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...
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...