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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 29/09/2026

🧬 It has been revealed that high-quality DNA can be recovered from arthropod specimens preserved in formalin for decades, opening new possibilities for evolutionary research using natural history collections. ➡️ Read the full study: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.200681 @uni-kiel.de @leibnizlib.bsky.social

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 28/09/2026

🔬 For the first time, a scientific study has systematically examined what causes deterioration in the chemical mountants used to preserve insect specimens, revealing that slide degradation is driven by multiple complex factors rather than a single culprit: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.194995

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 28/09/2026

🕷️ A remarkable collection of approximately 15,000 spider and scorpion specimens has been made freely available to researchers worldwide, demonstrating how regional museums and open-access initiatives can democratise biodiversity knowledge across Brazil: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.197964

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 25/09/2026

💡 We loved hearing one of our Editors-in-Chief Shelley James' talk at #TDWG2026! 📢 In their talk, James explored how we can better promote biodiversity data, standards and collections through diverse publication formats. @tdwg.org

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 25/09/2026

💡 We are delighted to attend the "Publishing and Communications: Promoting Biodiversity, Natural History Collections, People, Data and Data Standards" session at #TDWG2026, organised by our co-Editor-in-Chief and a long-time friend of Pensoft Publishers, Deborah Paul! @tdwg.org

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 24/09/2026

📚 Delighted to attend this fascinating talk at #TDWG2026 on liberating biodiversity knowledge from scientific literature. 🧬 Heartfelt thanks to Donat Agosti for these insightful perspectives - we're honoured to have him as a reviewer for our open-access journal! @tdwg.org

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 23/09/2026

🎤 Yesterday at #TDWG2026, our Editor-in-Chief Deborah Paul presented a very interesting talk on open digital curation and the importance of openness, interoperability and provenance in biodiversity data! @tdwg.org #BiodiversityData #OpenScience

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 23/09/2026

📍 We're featured at @pensoft.net's booth at #TDWG2026, running this week in Oslo! 📚 Come and find out more about the scope of our journal and how we can support your research. @tdwg.org #BiodiversityData

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 21/09/2026

🎤 We were delighted to attend our subject editor Quentin Groom's talk at #TDWG2026 in Oslo on reducing lag in biodiversity information systems. 💡 Key takeaway: when biodiversity data moves faster, environmental governance becomes more responsive. @tdwg.org

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Pensoft @pensoft.net · 02/09/2026

🦉 ZoologyCon 2026 | 4-7 Nov, Bucharest 🔬 Taxonomy to genomics, ecology to conservation - join zoologists from around the world. 📋 Preliminary programme now live: zoologycon.ro/scientific-p... ⏰ Register by 20 September: zoologycon.ro/registration... #ZoologyCon2026 #Zoology

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 18/08/2026

🦎 We are delighted to have attended a talk at #BioSyst2026 by Alice Petzold, subject editor for our journal: "Museomics in Practice: Harnessing Wet Collections to Unravel Herpetofaunal Diversity." @systassn.bsky.social

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 17/08/2026

📢 We're at the 4th BioSyst.EU Meeting in Uppsala, Sweden - #biosyst2026! 🤝 Stop by the @pensoft.net booth to learn more about our journal. @systassn.bsky.social

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 13/08/2026

🕷️ Over 16,000 mite specimens from the UFMG-AC Acarological Collection in Brazil have been standardised and prepared for publication using the Darwin Core data standard, through a combination of manual review and automated Python-based cleaning: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.195668

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 12/08/2026

learning models to automatically detect key morphological traits, achieving high accuracy with a recall above 0.95! Learn more: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.187529

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 10/08/2026

🦇 The true origins of the Mexican shrew's type specimens, collected over a century ago, have long been misattributed due to confusing place names. 📜 Through careful examination of historic field journals, the exact type locality has now been pinpointed to Las Milpillas: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.202846

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 05/08/2026

🌍 The 41st SPNHC Annual Meeting is coming to the African continent for the first time! Join natural history professionals in Cape Town, South Africa, from 7 to 11 September 2026. ➡️ Check out our latest news announcement for further details: nhcm.pensoft.net/news/1404 #SPNHC2026

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SPNHC 2026 - South Africa | The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections

September 7-11, 2026 Cape Town, South Africa Hosted by the Iziko South African Museum Contact: spnhc.conference@gmail.com Home Register Draft Program Workshops Field Trips Gala Dinner Accommodations…

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 03/08/2026

🏛️ In the following article, an opportunity for media-based storytelling to become a prominent application of natural history museum research is proposed, following a field-wide survey revealing that these stories are underrepresented on institutional social media: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.176227

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 30/07/2026

🔔 Just a reminder - we're at #IAL10 in Trieste until the end of the week. Come find us at the Pensoft Publishers stand! 📚 Swing by to chat with the team and learn about publishing with us. There is still time to say hello! #IAL2026 #IAL10Trieste #IALichenology

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 29/07/2026

📚 Zimbabwe's century-old plant collection, one of the largest in southern Africa, is being unlocked from the #herbarium and made #accessible worldwide through several digitisation initiatives: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.196914

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 29/07/2026

🌿 Meet us at the annual @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social meeting, #ESA2026! @pensoft.net is at the Salt Palace Convention Center, through the end of this week. Want to chat about publishing your research #openaccess? Stop by booth #204 and say hi! 👋

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 23/07/2026

🔬 An open-source workflow has been developed that uses low-cost imaging, AI-based object detection and OCR to transform whole-drawer photographs of insect collections into machine-readable data. 👉 Full research article here: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.196081 @sgn.one

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 03/07/2026

🧬 A recent study has shown that genomic DNA can still be successfully extracted from museum specimens preserved in fluid, even when they were collected many years ago. 🔬 Read the full paper: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.189111

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 01/07/2026

📢 The abstract submission deadline for ZoologyCon 2026 is fast approaching! 📝 Abstracts are invited across all six congress themes, from taxonomy and genomics to conservation and citizen science. ⏰ Submissions are only being accepted until 31 July 2026 - get yours in soon! zoologycon.ro/home/

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First Call for Papers - ZOOLOGYCON

The “Grigore Antipa” National Museum of Natural History, in partnership with the Romanian Academy and the University of Bucharest, is pleased to announce ZoologyCon 2026, an international zoology cong...

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 29/06/2026

🦋 The XIII European Congress of Entomology has opened today in Tours, France. 📖 If you are in attendance, come and visit us at the @pensoft.net booth to find out more and say hello! #ECE2026Tours @cnrs.fr @irbi-tours.bsky.social

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 26/06/2026

Look who we met at #IAVS2026 - Celia Gonzalez Lopez from @mncn-csic.bsky.social, co-author of a methodological article describing the digitization and printing workflow for #3D-scanned #insect replicas, as well as their use in education through sensory interaction 👇 doi.org/10.3897/nhcm...

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 22/06/2026

📍 The 68th International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS) Symposium has officially started in Gijon, Spain! 🙌 Come and visit @pensoft.net's stand to see our journal featured and stay tuned for further updates! #Gijón2026 #IAVS2026

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 19/06/2026

🦴 A historically misidentified bandicoot skull, held at the State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe and originally inscribed as the extinct southern pig-footed bandicoot, has been re-examined through virtual 3D-reconstruction using surface scanning. 🔍 Find out more: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.192533

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 17/06/2026

💻 Two lightweight web applications for natural history collections have been successfully developed using AI-assisted coding to overcome traditional resource and programming constraints. ➡️ Full study: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.191202

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Pensoft @pensoft.net · 15/06/2026

🎉 Thrilled to be in Davos, Switzerland for #WBF2026. 🤝 Under the theme "Leading Transformation Together", we are showcasing our open-access journal portfolio and participating projects, including @bioagora.eu, @obsgession.eu and @b-cubed.eu. 💬 Come chat with our team!

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 09/06/2026

🏺 For a new permanent exhibition, the Croatian Natural History Museum evaluated nine different silicone, wax, grease, and rubber sealants to find the best option for ground-glass-stopper jars: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.188287

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 09/06/2026

🐟 Data from major Portuguese natural history collections have been recently analysed, revealing that the country’s freshwater fish biodiversity is not fully represented taxonomically, geographically, or temporally. Read more: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.186661

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 01/06/2026

🐸 A comprehensive database of over 6,000 amphibian and reptile records from São Tomé & Príncipe has been successfully compiled from historical collections and citizen science data. ➡️ Read the full study: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.184711 #citizenscience

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 20/05/2026

🪸 DNA mini barcoding has been successfully utilised to acquire molecular data from historical octocoral specimens in a zoological collection, overcoming the challenges of severe DNA degradation associated with older samples. ➡️ Read the full study: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.188052 #zoology

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 18/05/2026

🏛️ Happy International Museum Day and a very special 80th anniversary to the International Council of Museums! ✨ Visit our latest blog to explore our "Best of the Archive" collection and find out more about the articles we have selected for this year's celebration: #InternationalMuseumDay #IMD2026

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Bridging Worlds Through Knowledge: Celebrating International Museum Day 2026 | Blog

Pensoft Publishers is proud to celebrate International Museum Day and its 2026 theme: Museums Uniting a Divided World.

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 11/05/2026

🎉 We are delighted to welcome Dr. Srinivasan Pandiarajan as a new Subject Editor for our journal! ➡️ Read more about his expertise here: nhcm.pensoft.net/news/1228

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 07/05/2026

⏰ Deadline approaching! 📆The #TDWG2026 Call for Abstracts closes on 20 May 2026, 23:59 UTC-12. Submit your presentation or poster for the upcoming conference (21-25 Sep) on the topic: #Research & Robot-ready #Biodiversity #Data Standards. Learn more here: nhcm.pensoft.net/news/1181

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Call for Abstracts: TDWG 2026

The annual conference of Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) is coming to Oslo, Norway, 21-25 September 2026, and the call for abstracts is now open. This year's conference th...

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 07/05/2026

🦋 Abstract submission for ZoologyCon 2026 is now open! ➡️ Check out our latest news announcement to learn more: nhcm.pensoft.net/news/1213 ➡️ Official website of ZoologyCon: zoologycon.ro/home/

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 16/04/2026

The call for abstracts for the annual conference of #Biodiversity Information Standards @tdwg.org is now OPEN. Submit oral presentations, lightning talks, or posters on #biodiversity #data standards and #informatics. ⏳Deadline: 20 May 2026 👉 See all the details here: nhcm.pensoft.net/news/1181

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Call for Abstracts: TDWG 2026

The annual conference of Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) is coming to Oslo, Norway, 21-25 September 2026, and the call for abstracts is now open. This year's conference th...

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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Check out our new paper focusing on unaccessioned herbarium specimens. nhcm.pensoft.net/article/1829... We found that bryophytes and fungi/lichens were over-represented in the specimen backlog, compared to vascular plants. This highlights the need for more bryophyte and fungi/lichen identification!

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The state of herbarium specimen backlogs: Perspectives from bryophyte collections

An herbarium must have its specimens processed, identified and accessioned so that members of the botanical community can readily consult these materials. However, many herbaria struggle to keep up wi...

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 11/03/2026

New archival research reveals a power struggle behind the scenes of Bonn's famous Museum Koenig, where Nazi officials attempted to boycott the museum’s foundation. Read the full paper, which also provides a brief recap of the museum's entomologist Erich Schmidt: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.180615

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 10/03/2026

For decades, a few museum specimens suggested that Ethiopia’s iconic gelada monkeys once lived west of the Blue Nile Gorge... However, new research reveals these monkeys were actually mislabeled and collected elsewhere! Read more: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.185998

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RIO (Research Ideas and Outcomes) journal @riojournal.com · 23/02/2026

🆕 Latest research in @dissco.bsky.social's #openscience collection illustrates a Machine Learning as a Service approach for quantitative analysis of #herbarium #specimens. 🌿 Subsequently, DiSSCO's models are used to calculate surface area of identified #plant organs. 🔓 See: doi.org/10.3897/rio....

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The Journal of "Grigore Antipa" Museum of Natural History @travaux.pensoft.net · 19/02/2026

🦋 ZoologyCon 2026 is coming to Bucharest! Join us 4-7 Nov 2026 for an international congress hosted by Grigore Antipa National Museum of Natural History. 📅 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬: 𝟏 𝐀𝐩𝐫: Reg/Abstracts open 𝟑𝟎 𝐉𝐮𝐧: Abstract deadline 𝟏𝟓 𝐎𝐜𝐭: Reg deadline 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬: travaux.pensoft.net/journal_news...

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ZoologyCon 2026 set to convene this November in Bucharest, Romania

The "Grigore Antipa" National Museum of Natural History announced the ZoologyCon 2026 international congress, scheduled to take place from 4-7 November 2026 in Bucharest, Roma...

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 18/02/2026

🧬📚 In conjunction with the 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 at @nhmwien.bsky.social, we’re launching a special topical collection. We invite submissions on: ✨ Technical innovations 📜 Historical DNA 🌍 Conservation & policy 📅 Deadline: 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟑𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 Read more here: nhcm.pensoft.net/news/1126 #Museomics

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 16/02/2026

A 170-year-old flat wasp specimen was recently restored using an inexpensive ammonia-based protocol. 🐝 This study provides the first modern redescription of this rare species. Read all about it: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.184068

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 13/02/2026

Introducing the Cricut Maker® 3 – a new tool used to automatically cut precision entomological labels. This can be used to automate the tedious task of cutting tiny specimen labels, since it’s five times faster than doing it by hand! Read the full paper here: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.179306

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Pensoft @pensoft.net · 11/02/2026

👩‍🔬Happy International Day of Women and Girls in #Science! Explore the reflections and visions for the future from our Women Editors-in-Chief. 💫With these insights, we hope to foster a more equitable #scientific community and inspire the next generation of girls to pursue their passions in #STEM.⤵

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Pensoft Celebrates the International Day of Women and Girls in Science | Blog

In honour of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Pensoft Publishers celebrates the remarkable contributions of women in our journals’ editorial teams.

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 09/02/2026

By screening 4,000 historical insect specimens at the Phyletisches Museum Jena, researchers have discovered rare parasites - including two species never before documented in Germany - hidden within 100-year-old cicadas. Read more: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.173071 @uni-jena.de @mpi-ce.bsky.social

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