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The Journal of "Grigore Antipa" Museum of Natural History @travaux.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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The Journal of "Grigore Antipa" Museum of Natural History @travaux.pensoft.net · 08/07/2026

In memoriam of Gabriela Andrei, a passionate malacologist and museologist who dedicated her lifetime to the Museum and its collections: doi.org/10.3897/travaux.69.e197414

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The Journal of "Grigore Antipa" Museum of Natural History @travaux.pensoft.net · 07/07/2026

🦎 The first recorded instance of predation on Swinhoe's White-eye by the introduced Blue-crested lizard has been documented in Hong Kong, with an adult female lizard observed consuming a nestling in a peri-urban parkland: doi.org/10.3897/travaux.69.e192880

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The Journal of "Grigore Antipa" Museum of Natural History @travaux.pensoft.net · 07/07/2026

🐟 A new museum record of Plagiognathops microlepis has been reported in Romania, with the specimen linked to fish ponds at Nucet where the species was introduced from China. 👉 Learn more: doi.org/10.3897/travaux.69.e186906

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The Journal of "Grigore Antipa" Museum of Natural History @travaux.pensoft.net · 06/07/2026

🐝 Three parasitoid wasp species - Proctotrupes gravidator, Dirhinus hesperidum and Oodera formosa - have been recorded in Greece for the first time. Learn more here: doi.org/10.3897/travaux.69.e182586

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The Journal of "Grigore Antipa" Museum of Natural History @travaux.pensoft.net · 03/07/2026

🎉 We are delighted that research published in our journal on the first record of Eupelmus curvator in Japan has been featured in the following prominent media outlets: 📰 @elespectador.com: www.elespectador.com/ambiente/bib... 📰 Nautilus Magazine: nautil.us/how-a-twitte...

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The Journal of "Grigore Antipa" Museum of Natural History @travaux.pensoft.net · 01/07/2026

📸 A wasp species new to Japan, Eupelmus curvator, was discovered after striking photos of it parasitising a praying mantis egg case were shared on Twitter (now X). ➡️ @pensoft.net's latest blog: blog.pensoft.net/2026/07/01/s... 👉 Full study: doi.org/10.3897/travaux.69.e171809 #citizenscience

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The Journal of "Grigore Antipa" Museum of Natural History @travaux.pensoft.net · 19/06/2026

🎉 Travaux du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle "Grigore Antipa" has received a 2025 Scopus CiteScore of 0.7! 🔗 Find out more by visiting our latest news announcement: travaux.pensoft.net/news/1304 #OpenAccess #JIF2026 #Scopus

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The Journal of "Grigore Antipa" Museum of Natural History @travaux.pensoft.net · 07/05/2026

🦋 Abstract submission for ZoologyCon 2026 is now open! ➡️ Check out our latest news announcement to learn more: travaux.pensoft.net/news/1209 ➡️ Official website of ZoologyCon: zoologycon.ro/home/

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The Journal of "Grigore Antipa" Museum of Natural History @travaux.pensoft.net · 12/01/2026

First record of the #invasive mealybug 𝘋𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘦 in Egypt. 📖 Read the full study here: doi.org/10.3897/trav... #pest #morphology

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The Journal of "Grigore Antipa" Museum of Natural History @travaux.pensoft.net · 09/01/2026

First record of three rare #spider species from the Republic of Moldova: 𝘓𝘪𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘦𝘤𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘬𝘺𝘪, 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘻𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 and 𝘖𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴. ➡ doi.org/10.3897/trav... #newrecord #biodiversity #Araneae

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The Journal of "Grigore Antipa" Museum of Natural History @travaux.pensoft.net · 08/01/2026

A four-year study of the #fish #fauna of the lower reaches of the Cerna River (Danube river system) identified 19 species and documented the first occurrence of 𝘊𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘢 in this river ➡️ doi.org/10.3897/trav... #freshwater #biodiversity

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The Journal of "Grigore Antipa" Museum of Natural History @travaux.pensoft.net · 08/01/2026

Going south: the first record of the dead log #beetle (𝘗𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘴) in Greece marks its southernmost distribution. ➡️ doi.org/10.3897/trav... #saproxylic #newrecord

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The Journal of "Grigore Antipa" Museum of Natural History @travaux.pensoft.net · 08/01/2026

🦗Two bush-cricket #species, 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴 and 𝘐𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢, are recorded for the first time in the Eastern Carpathians, extending the range of 𝘗. 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴 and indicating a #biogeographical link among 𝘐. 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢 populations in Transylvania, Wallachia, and Dobrogea. ➡️ doi.org/10.3897/trav...

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The Journal of "Grigore Antipa" Museum of Natural History @travaux.pensoft.net · 07/01/2026

New study reports on the #diversity and distribution of #ectoparasites on the Little Grebe (T𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘺𝘣𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘴) and the Great Crested Grebe (𝘗𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴) in Algeria revealing new host-parasite: doi.org/10.3897/trav...

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The Journal of "Grigore Antipa" Museum of Natural History @travaux.pensoft.net · 07/01/2026

In Romania, the first record of the tent caterpillar 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢 (from a male specimen) was found on the southwest shore of the Danube, near the Serbian border. Check it out: doi.org/10.3897/trav... #DNAbarcoding #biodiversity

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The Journal of "Grigore Antipa" Museum of Natural History @travaux.pensoft.net · 10/07/2025

A specimen collected during the first “Galathea” expedition (1845–1847) represents the first documented record of Saptha divitiosa from the Nicobar Islands, extending and reshaping the known western limit of this species’ distribution range. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/trav...

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The Journal of "Grigore Antipa" Museum of Natural History @travaux.pensoft.net · 09/07/2025

The Asian mud-dauber wasp Sceliphron curvatum is reported for the first time in Cyprus. Researchers present an identification key and notes on the species' possible impacts. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/trav...

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The Journal of "Grigore Antipa" Museum of Natural History @travaux.pensoft.net · 07/07/2025

Data for grey wolf prey preference show considerable seasonality in the Central Balkan Mts., reinforcing the carnivore's pronounced adaptability in terms of prey selectivity. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/trav...

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The Journal of "Grigore Antipa" Museum of Natural History @travaux.pensoft.net · 04/07/2025

Researchers present the first report of kleptoparasitism (food theft) for Leptodeira rhombifera in Nicaragua. Learn more about their battle for a yellow toad (Incilius luetkenii) here: ‬🔗 doi.org/10.3897/trav...

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The Journal of "Grigore Antipa" Museum of Natural History @travaux.pensoft.net · 04/07/2025

Hello Bluesky! We are an international, open access, peer-reviewed journal devoted to zoological research published by @pensoft.net on behalf of "Grigore Antipa" National Museum of Natural History in Bucharest.

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