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Biodiversity Data Journal
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Open-access, peer-reviewed journal for taxonomic, floristic/faunistic, genomic, phylogenetic, environmental etc. data on any taxon from any geological era and georgraphy.

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Website: bdj.pensoft.net
A list of the reptile and amphibian species from the Las Piedras River in Peru, with new records from the basin's central area: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

#frogs #rainforests #biogeography
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Our journal was mentioned at #ECN2025 as our author Lily Hart discussed the importance of linking research articles to GBIF data.

The paper referenced in her slide is this one: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The winner of our special award at the Kliment's Days 2025 is Maria-Viktoria Kyoseva for her presentation on the influence of heavy metal pollution on macroinvertebrate communities in the Panova river.

She won a free publication in our @bdj.pensoft.net!
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Another conservation talk at Kliment's Days 2025 by our authors Georgi Stoyanov and Hristo Peshev on the reintroduction of the Griffon Vulture in Bulgaria
November 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
You can read his papers on vulture conservation here bdj.pensoft.net/browse_journ...
November 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
An interesting session at Kliment's Days 2025 on reintroduction and conservation related to our article collection on the same topic!

Here is our author Simeon Marin of Green Balkans presenting the reintroduction stories of the bearded vulture and cinereous vulture in Bulgaria.
November 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A vulture conservation paper published in BDJ was cited at Kliment's Days 2025 during Rigas Tsiakiris' presentation on vulture populations in Greece!

Paper detailing the Griffon Vulture populations on the Balkan Peninsula is available here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
November 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
A big smile from our author Rigas Tsiakiris a few hours before his talk on vulture conservation in Greece at Kliment's Days 2025!
November 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
BDJ author Atanas Grozdanov stopped by the @pensoft.net stand at the Kliments' Days 2025!

Atanas is also editor of our topical collection, Restoration of species of conservation importance doi.org/10.3897/bdj...., which is related to tomorrow's satellite conference!
November 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
A taxonomic review of the dung beetle species in the genus Carinaulus found on the Korean Peninsula: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

#beetles #taxonomy #Coleoptera
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A review of the taxonomic history of the moth family Roeslerstammiidae and the genus Roeslerstammia, with a new distribution record for R. erxlebella: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

#taxonomy #DNAbarcoding #Lepidoptera
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
New data on bat diversity in Vietnam's Xuan Nha Nature Reserve: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

#biodiversity #Chiroptera #mammals
November 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Results from Bulgaria show that the application of the soft release method of rehabilitated White-tailed Eagles may lead to successful survival and reproduction of released individuals in the wild: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
November 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
In June 2025, approximately 100 individuals of Thesium ebracteatum were discovered near Bălcăuți, Suceava Region, Romania. This represents the first national record of the species in several decades and the first ever from eastern Romania.

See more here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
October 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
A standardised dataset of long-term monitoring of small mammals in Doñana, Spain: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

#rodents #shrews #biodiversity @luisesant.bsky.social @jbustamantediaz.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The beetle genus is recorded from China for the first time with a newly described species. See more here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

#taxonomy #newspecies #beetles
October 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
At #LivingData2025, our editor @cabbageleek.bsky.social presented @onestop-project.eu as a tool for scaling #invasivespecies checklist workflows
October 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Cited in this #LivingData2025 talk is a very important paper on automated extraction of structured information in order to free hard-to-access biodiversity data - you can learn more here blog.pensoft.net/2025/08/06/m...
October 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The first comprehensive checklist and diversity assessment of butterflies from Vietnam's Can Gio Mangrove Biosphere Reserve: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

#biodiversity #insects #butterflies
October 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Presenting data from 🐙MONICEPH🐙 (MONItoring CEPHalopods during whale-watching activity in the Azores), a collaborative platform designed to collect, organise and disseminate cephalopod occurrence data gathered by whale-watching companies in the Azores: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
October 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We met with our friend and editor @cabbageleek.bsky.social of @meisebotanicgarden.bsky.social at #LivingData2025! He has been a long-time @pensoft.net partner, with key roles in projects such as @onestop-project.eu and @b-cubed.eu
October 22, 2025 at 7:15 AM
А method of nest analysis for ground nests in apoid wasps: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

#Hymenoptera #wasps #entomology
October 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The R package commecometrics provides an accessible, open-access framework for modelling trait–environment relationships using community-level trait data from modern and ancient species. Learn more about it here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.... @tamueccb.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
A new genus of landhopper with one new species is described from terrestrial habitats in Myanmar.

See more here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

#landhoppers #DNAbarcoding #taxonomy
October 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Artificial refuges are not immediately attractive to the Ladder Snake (Zamenis scalaris) and the Montpellier Snake (Malpolon monspessulanus), even when the snakes are directly released into them, this study found out: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
October 17, 2025 at 10:23 AM