Natural History Collections and Museomics
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Open-access, peer-reviewed journal for research, discussion & innovation of natural history collections.
Publications foster deeper understanding & appreciation of natural history.
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Website: nhcm.pensoft.net
Publications foster deeper understanding & appreciation of natural history.
Published by @pensoft.net. Powered by ARPHA.
Website: nhcm.pensoft.net
The tangled history of Liverpool’s White-eye bird collection illustrates the impacts of war, imperialism, and scientific legacy on museum archives and taxonomy.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:02 AM
The tangled history of Liverpool’s White-eye bird collection illustrates the impacts of war, imperialism, and scientific legacy on museum archives and taxonomy.
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We're at #ECN2025 in Portland, Oregon!
We're passionate about entomological collections, which is why we published some of last year's ECN in a special topical collection: nhcm.pensoft.net/topical_coll...
Check out the @pensoft.net stand for our latest news!
We're passionate about entomological collections, which is why we published some of last year's ECN in a special topical collection: nhcm.pensoft.net/topical_coll...
Check out the @pensoft.net stand for our latest news!
November 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
We're at #ECN2025 in Portland, Oregon!
We're passionate about entomological collections, which is why we published some of last year's ECN in a special topical collection: nhcm.pensoft.net/topical_coll...
Check out the @pensoft.net stand for our latest news!
We're passionate about entomological collections, which is why we published some of last year's ECN in a special topical collection: nhcm.pensoft.net/topical_coll...
Check out the @pensoft.net stand for our latest news!
This paper reexamines the century-old holotype of the singleton Madagascan woodlouse 𝐴𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑜 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑎, revealing distinctive morphology that justifies its transfer to a new genus, 𝑅𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑎.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:21 AM
This paper reexamines the century-old holotype of the singleton Madagascan woodlouse 𝐴𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑜 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑎, revealing distinctive morphology that justifies its transfer to a new genus, 𝑅𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑎.
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This retrospective honours John Fordyce Peake's pioneering contributions to science and museum policy, highlighting his innovations in biodiversity data management and natural history collections worldwide.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This retrospective honours John Fordyce Peake's pioneering contributions to science and museum policy, highlighting his innovations in biodiversity data management and natural history collections worldwide.
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An intense week for our team as our publisher @pensoft.net is representing us at #LivingData2025! A great way to showcase our new open access journal to a huge scientific audience interested in protecting and cataloguing #biodiversity
October 24, 2025 at 9:01 AM
An intense week for our team as our publisher @pensoft.net is representing us at #LivingData2025! A great way to showcase our new open access journal to a huge scientific audience interested in protecting and cataloguing #biodiversity
The bias and incompleteness of Portuguese birds in natural history collections present serious consequences for researchers. Steps towards stable investment, bridging gaps between museums and the scientific community, and the digitisation of metadata are encouraged.
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October 17, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The bias and incompleteness of Portuguese birds in natural history collections present serious consequences for researchers. Steps towards stable investment, bridging gaps between museums and the scientific community, and the digitisation of metadata are encouraged.
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After artificial aging, 𝐿𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑢𝑠 specimens in a mixture of ethanol denatured with isopropyl alcohol shrunk slightly less than those in other mixtures: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm...
October 13, 2025 at 7:41 AM
After artificial aging, 𝐿𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑢𝑠 specimens in a mixture of ethanol denatured with isopropyl alcohol shrunk slightly less than those in other mixtures: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm...
Jasmine Cates and Anthony Abbate describe Auburn University Native Bee Lab’s outreach collection and its important role in the lab’s broader outreach program.
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September 5, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Jasmine Cates and Anthony Abbate describe Auburn University Native Bee Lab’s outreach collection and its important role in the lab’s broader outreach program.
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Researchers introduce a quick-assessment tool for insect outreach drawers based on five criteria: information, relevance, aesthetics, potential for engagement, and inspiration.
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August 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Researchers introduce a quick-assessment tool for insect outreach drawers based on five criteria: information, relevance, aesthetics, potential for engagement, and inspiration.
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How should we frame and name the diversity of information linked to specimens in natural history collections? Researchers provide an overview of the most commonly used key terms, examine their conceptual interrelations, and present a literature-based survey of their usage.
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August 1, 2025 at 6:39 AM
How should we frame and name the diversity of information linked to specimens in natural history collections? Researchers provide an overview of the most commonly used key terms, examine their conceptual interrelations, and present a literature-based survey of their usage.
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Ashleigh L. Whiffin provides an overview of National Museums Scotland's portable insect displays for outreach, along with lessons learned and recommendations for creating similar drawers.
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July 31, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Ashleigh L. Whiffin provides an overview of National Museums Scotland's portable insect displays for outreach, along with lessons learned and recommendations for creating similar drawers.
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Abby Weber presents “Bugged Out: From Fashion to Forensics,” a high school outreach class exploring the impacts and uses of insects in our daily lives through self-paced activities and outreach drawers.
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July 25, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Abby Weber presents “Bugged Out: From Fashion to Forensics,” a high school outreach class exploring the impacts and uses of insects in our daily lives through self-paced activities and outreach drawers.
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The Universidade de São Paulo uncovers 1899 moth showing how museums helped tackle crop pests during Brazil’s 19th-century cotton boom.
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July 7, 2025 at 6:45 AM
The Universidade de São Paulo uncovers 1899 moth showing how museums helped tackle crop pests during Brazil’s 19th-century cotton boom.
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The Museums in Miniature project provides a drawer of curated local insect specimens for display in schools, libraries, and other educational institutions using specimens of abundant taxa, or those missing data or otherwise unsuitable for research.
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July 2, 2025 at 7:29 AM
The Museums in Miniature project provides a drawer of curated local insect specimens for display in schools, libraries, and other educational institutions using specimens of abundant taxa, or those missing data or otherwise unsuitable for research.
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This short communication highlights the transformative impact of sci comm through a bee exhibition accompanied by a visual infographic in a rural museum in La Tatacoa, Colombia.
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June 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
This short communication highlights the transformative impact of sci comm through a bee exhibition accompanied by a visual infographic in a rural museum in La Tatacoa, Colombia.
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Researchers describe the development of a digitising-printing workflow for 3D scanned insect replicas. They present two use case studies and discuss potential benefits and applications for natural history museums.
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June 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Researchers describe the development of a digitising-printing workflow for 3D scanned insect replicas. They present two use case studies and discuss potential benefits and applications for natural history museums.
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The newly established Invertebrate Division at the LOUNAZ Museum in southern Ecuador has rapidly become a regional hub for research, education, and conservation of invertebrate biodiversity in a historically under-studied area.
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May 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The newly established Invertebrate Division at the LOUNAZ Museum in southern Ecuador has rapidly become a regional hub for research, education, and conservation of invertebrate biodiversity in a historically under-studied area.
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📢 Deadline extension!
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A deep dive into historical specimens reveals the isopod genus Merulanella needs a taxonomic overhaul, with new genera proposed.
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March 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
A deep dive into historical specimens reveals the isopod genus Merulanella needs a taxonomic overhaul, with new genera proposed.
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🤩 Our #journal mentioned by @pensoft.net's CEO & founder at his talk today at the XIII Latin American Congress of #Botany in Havana!
🙌 Always exciting to hear how #scholarlypublishing, #sciencecommunication, #collections & #datapublishing work together for progress in #science & society! 🌍
🙌 Always exciting to hear how #scholarlypublishing, #sciencecommunication, #collections & #datapublishing work together for progress in #science & society! 🌍
March 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🤩 Our #journal mentioned by @pensoft.net's CEO & founder at his talk today at the XIII Latin American Congress of #Botany in Havana!
🙌 Always exciting to hear how #scholarlypublishing, #sciencecommunication, #collections & #datapublishing work together for progress in #science & society! 🌍
🙌 Always exciting to hear how #scholarlypublishing, #sciencecommunication, #collections & #datapublishing work together for progress in #science & society! 🌍
We shared our materials at the 4th European Workshop on Chironomidae Identification Methodology in Bratislava, Slovakia, where participants studied the ecology and morphology of chironomid larvae: nhcm.pensoft.net/news/782
February 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
We shared our materials at the 4th European Workshop on Chironomidae Identification Methodology in Bratislava, Slovakia, where participants studied the ecology and morphology of chironomid larvae: nhcm.pensoft.net/news/782
Researchers review the fluid preservation techniques used in Portuguese natural history institutions since the 18th century and outline the main challenges affecting fluid-preserved specimens.
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February 19, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Researchers review the fluid preservation techniques used in Portuguese natural history institutions since the 18th century and outline the main challenges affecting fluid-preserved specimens.
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Portuguese Natural History Collections house an incomplete record of the country's terrestrial mammals, with major taxonomic, geographic, and temporal gaps hindering conservation and research efforts.
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February 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Portuguese Natural History Collections house an incomplete record of the country's terrestrial mammals, with major taxonomic, geographic, and temporal gaps hindering conservation and research efforts.
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