Nature Conservation
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Open-access journal for all aspects of nature conservation across all disciplines concerning basic & applied conservation.
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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.
blog.pensoft.net
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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Three newly discovered toad species skip the tadpole phase entirely and give birth to live toadlets! 🐸
Learn more about these rare amphibians on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/17/t...
Learn more about these rare amphibians on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/17/t...
Three new toad species skip the tadpole phase and give birth to live toadlets
Researchers have identified three new species of tree-dwelling toads from Africa, all of which skip the tadpole phase and give birth to live toadlets.
blog.pensoft.net
November 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Three newly discovered toad species skip the tadpole phase entirely and give birth to live toadlets! 🐸
Learn more about these rare amphibians on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/17/t...
Learn more about these rare amphibians on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/17/t...
Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins in Xiamen Bay show age-related differences in dive duration and avoid vessels within 100 m, highlighting the need for stricter marine traffic regulations.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins in Xiamen Bay show age-related differences in dive duration and avoid vessels within 100 m, highlighting the need for stricter marine traffic regulations.
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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.
blog.pensoft.net
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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Modeling climate-change impacts on suitable habitats of Myristica yunnanensis.
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Modeling climate-change impacts on suitable habitats of Myristica yunnanensis
Myristica yunnanensis is an endangered, China‐endemic tree of medicinal and spice value whose habitat is threatened by climate change and human disturbance. We provide the first quantitative hab...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Modeling climate-change impacts on suitable habitats of Myristica yunnanensis.
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Domestic cats and dogs in northwestern Italy injure and kill hundreds of wild vertebrates annually, posing a serious threat to biodiversity and wildlife conservation efforts.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Domestic cats and dogs in northwestern Italy injure and kill hundreds of wild vertebrates annually, posing a serious threat to biodiversity and wildlife conservation efforts.
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Come to the Pensoft stand at the Kliments' Days 2025 in Sofia, Bulgaria! Our Marketing and Sales manager @maria-kolesnikova.bsky.social is there to welcome you and tell you all about our open-access journals in biodiversity sciences!
November 6, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Come to the Pensoft stand at the Kliments' Days 2025 in Sofia, Bulgaria! Our Marketing and Sales manager @maria-kolesnikova.bsky.social is there to welcome you and tell you all about our open-access journals in biodiversity sciences!
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Our article about #RegRed (an effort to collate data on species' Red List assessments at regional, national, and sub-national levels) is now available on @natureconservation.pensoft.net. Follow our GitHub project for news and updates 📣 github.com/RegRed-project
Researchers introduce the RegRed database, a global open-access compilation of over 3,000 regional Red List records from 219 countries that maps local species threats beyond the global IUCN Red List.
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Towards a new global database of regional Red Lists (RegRed): metadata
Conservation biology depends on an assessment of threats to species. This has been done at the global scale through the IUCN Red List and also locally and regionally, for example, through country-spec...
doi.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Our article about #RegRed (an effort to collate data on species' Red List assessments at regional, national, and sub-national levels) is now available on @natureconservation.pensoft.net. Follow our GitHub project for news and updates 📣 github.com/RegRed-project
Research in southwestern China’s karst rainforests finds that environmental heterogeneity drives plant species and phylogenetic diversity, with depressions and upper slopes identified as priority areas for biodiversity conservation.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Research in southwestern China’s karst rainforests finds that environmental heterogeneity drives plant species and phylogenetic diversity, with depressions and upper slopes identified as priority areas for biodiversity conservation.
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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.
blog.pensoft.net
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...
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The latest study in our journal assesses the threat status and implementation of the IUCN's One Plan Approach to conservation for the birds of Vietnam.
Read all about it on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/10/31/a...
Read all about it on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/10/31/a...
Eyes to the skies: assessing the threat status of Vietnam’s bird species
A new study published in Nature Conservation assesses the threat status of bird species from Vietnam, underscoring the country’s critical conservation needs.
blog.pensoft.net
October 31, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The latest study in our journal assesses the threat status and implementation of the IUCN's One Plan Approach to conservation for the birds of Vietnam.
Read all about it on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/10/31/a...
Read all about it on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/10/31/a...
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Conservation gap analysis for Erica (Ericaceae).
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Conservation gap analysis for Erica (Ericaceae)
The flowering plant genus Erica (Ericaceae) includes well over 800 species and numerous formally described subspecies and varieties. Many of these are threatened in the wild. The Global Conservation C...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Conservation gap analysis for Erica (Ericaceae).
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@natureconservation.pensoft.net
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@natureconservation.pensoft.net
The latest study in our journal assesses the threat status and implementation of the IUCN's One Plan Approach to conservation for the birds of Vietnam.
Read all about it on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/10/31/a...
Read all about it on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/10/31/a...
Eyes to the skies: assessing the threat status of Vietnam’s bird species
A new study published in Nature Conservation assesses the threat status of bird species from Vietnam, underscoring the country’s critical conservation needs.
blog.pensoft.net
October 31, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The latest study in our journal assesses the threat status and implementation of the IUCN's One Plan Approach to conservation for the birds of Vietnam.
Read all about it on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/10/31/a...
Read all about it on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/10/31/a...
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We're here, #LivingData2025!
Come visit us at booth 9 and our team, headed by Pensoft CEO Prof. Lyubomir Penev, will tell you all about our involvement in biodiversity-related #HorizonEU & #H2020 project as well as our commitment to #openaccess publishing!
Come visit us at booth 9 and our team, headed by Pensoft CEO Prof. Lyubomir Penev, will tell you all about our involvement in biodiversity-related #HorizonEU & #H2020 project as well as our commitment to #openaccess publishing!
October 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
We're here, #LivingData2025!
Come visit us at booth 9 and our team, headed by Pensoft CEO Prof. Lyubomir Penev, will tell you all about our involvement in biodiversity-related #HorizonEU & #H2020 project as well as our commitment to #openaccess publishing!
Come visit us at booth 9 and our team, headed by Pensoft CEO Prof. Lyubomir Penev, will tell you all about our involvement in biodiversity-related #HorizonEU & #H2020 project as well as our commitment to #openaccess publishing!
Alice is an author and reviewer in Nature Conservation!
Great keynote lecture by @achughes.bsky.social at #LivingData2025 on biodiversity monitoring data
October 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Alice is an author and reviewer in Nature Conservation!
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We're going to the Living Data 2025 conference in Bogotá, Colombia next week!
Looking forward to a week of discussions on open data, data integration, and biodiversity data application!
blog.pensoft.net/2025/09/02/p...
Looking forward to a week of discussions on open data, data integration, and biodiversity data application!
blog.pensoft.net/2025/09/02/p...
Pensoft to co-host a session on knowledge transfer & continuity at Living Data 2025
Pensoft is a co-organiser of a four-hour session, titled: “Long Live Biodiversity Data: Knowledge Transfer and Continuity across Research Projects”.
blog.pensoft.net
October 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
We're going to the Living Data 2025 conference in Bogotá, Colombia next week!
Looking forward to a week of discussions on open data, data integration, and biodiversity data application!
blog.pensoft.net/2025/09/02/p...
Looking forward to a week of discussions on open data, data integration, and biodiversity data application!
blog.pensoft.net/2025/09/02/p...
Researchers introduce the RegRed database, a global open-access compilation of over 3,000 regional Red List records from 219 countries that maps local species threats beyond the global IUCN Red List.
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/natu...
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/natu...
Towards a new global database of regional Red Lists (RegRed): metadata
Conservation biology depends on an assessment of threats to species. This has been done at the global scale through the IUCN Red List and also locally and regionally, for example, through country-spec...
doi.org
October 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Researchers introduce the RegRed database, a global open-access compilation of over 3,000 regional Red List records from 219 countries that maps local species threats beyond the global IUCN Red List.
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Prolific 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 author Neil D'Cruze came by the @pensoft.net booth at the #IUCNcongress in Abu Dhabi!
October 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Prolific 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 author Neil D'Cruze came by the @pensoft.net booth at the #IUCNcongress in Abu Dhabi!
Climate change modelling predicts a significant decline in suitable habitats for the cold-tolerant Chinese orchid 𝐶𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑎, making targeted conservation of its refugia in the Qinling Mountains and Mount Wuyi critical for its survival.
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The past, present, and future distribution of Calanthe graciliflora: implications for conservation and phylogeography
Calanthe graciliflora, an orchid species endemic to China, is one of the most widely distributed members of the genus Calanthe, occupying the highest latitudinal range and exhibiting strong cold toler...
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October 13, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Climate change modelling predicts a significant decline in suitable habitats for the cold-tolerant Chinese orchid 𝐶𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑎, making targeted conservation of its refugia in the Qinling Mountains and Mount Wuyi critical for its survival.
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Day two of the #IUCNCongress is in full swing as we celebrate 60 years of the IUCN Red List. You can learn more about Nature Conservation at Pensoft's booth (no. 229)!
October 10, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Day two of the #IUCNCongress is in full swing as we celebrate 60 years of the IUCN Red List. You can learn more about Nature Conservation at Pensoft's booth (no. 229)!
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The #IUCNCongress is underway in Abu Dhabi!
Head to 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝟐𝟐𝟗 to say helllo and discuss how Pensoft’s publishing endeavours and project participation contribute to advancing research and conservation efforts.
Head to 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝟐𝟐𝟗 to say helllo and discuss how Pensoft’s publishing endeavours and project participation contribute to advancing research and conservation efforts.
October 9, 2025 at 7:38 AM
The #IUCNCongress is underway in Abu Dhabi!
Head to 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝟐𝟐𝟗 to say helllo and discuss how Pensoft’s publishing endeavours and project participation contribute to advancing research and conservation efforts.
Head to 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝟐𝟐𝟗 to say helllo and discuss how Pensoft’s publishing endeavours and project participation contribute to advancing research and conservation efforts.
Data on Texas residents’ knowledge of and attitudes towards mountain lions and their regional management provide a strong basis for management policies and practices.
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October 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Data on Texas residents’ knowledge of and attitudes towards mountain lions and their regional management provide a strong basis for management policies and practices.
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Researchers have identified overlooked risks and conservation gaps amongst Central Mexico’s spiny lizards, urging conservation efforts to integrate forest loss monitoring and habitat connectivity strategies to mitigate biodiversity decline.
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Assessment of the vulnerability of Spiny Lizards in Central Mexico under anthropogenic pressure: integrating habitat suitability, landscape connectivity, fragmentation and protected area coverage
The genus Sceloporus represents a diverse and ecologically significant group of lizards within the Mexican herpetofauna, particularly in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (TMVB), a region of exceptional...
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October 8, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Researchers have identified overlooked risks and conservation gaps amongst Central Mexico’s spiny lizards, urging conservation efforts to integrate forest loss monitoring and habitat connectivity strategies to mitigate biodiversity decline.
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A new standardised mapping protocol reveals hotspots of grazing intensity in Italy’s Central Apennines, offering conservationists fine-tuned tools for protecting landscapes and species like the Marsican brown bear.
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October 3, 2025 at 7:27 AM
A new standardised mapping protocol reveals hotspots of grazing intensity in Italy’s Central Apennines, offering conservationists fine-tuned tools for protecting landscapes and species like the Marsican brown bear.
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@m-dimarco.bsky.social
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With the Grassland Butterfly Index for Germany, @ufz.de scientists provide important input for the implementation of the EU Nature Restoration Regulation. 🦋
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Grassland butterflies: important indicators of the state of nature
With the Grassland Butterfly Index for Germany, UFZ scientists are providing important input for the implementation of the EU Nature Restoration Regulation.
blog.pensoft.net
September 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
With the Grassland Butterfly Index for Germany, @ufz.de scientists provide important input for the implementation of the EU Nature Restoration Regulation. 🦋
🔗 Read more on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/09/24/g...
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