Biodiversity Data Journal

10/11/2025

A dataset compiling functional trait data of dung beetles from the Atlantic Forest biome.

UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista TU Dresden

Functional traits offer critical insights into species performance, survival strategies and ecological interactions. However, the availability of comprehensive trait datasets remains limited, primarily due to the substantial effort required for field sampling and laboratory analysis. This constraint...

10/11/2025

A long-term dataset on tree- and forest-line dynamics of Betula pubescens subsp. czerepanovii in Norway, based on a combination of resampled historical data and new field registrations.

Universitetet i Oslo (UiO)

The global climate is warming, especially in northern regions due to high-latitude amplification. This high-latitude warming leads to range expansion with advancing tree- and forest-lines (TFLs) in the Northern Hemisphere. However, empirical studies can rarely provide a well-documented elevational e...

10/11/2025

A list of the reptile and amphibian species from the Las Piedras River in Peru, with new records from the basin's central area: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e154136

Negocios Amazónicos Sustentables Eirl - Negasus Eirl Acadia University The University of Queensland Universidad Nacional De Ucayali

07/11/2025

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 Biodiversity Data Journal!

07/11/2025

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.

You can read about the reintroduction of the Griffon Vulture in Eastern Balkan Mountains here https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e66363

And their reintroduction in the Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e100834

07/11/2025

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 Зелени Балкани / Green Balkans NGO presenting the reintroduction stories of the bearded vulture and cinereous vulture in Bulgaria.

You can read his papers on vulture conservation here https://bdj.pensoft.net/browse_journal_articles_by_author?user_id=129474

Our restoration collection is available here: https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.coll.64

07/11/2025

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: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e71100

07/11/2025

We were excited to meet with Monika Pramatarova, author at Biodiversity Data Journal, Alpine Entomology , Check List - The Journal of Biodiversity Data, and The Journal of “Grigore Antipa” National Museum of Natural History today at the Kliments' Days 2025!

06/11/2025

BDJ author Atanas Grozdanov stopped by the Pensoft Publishers stand at the Kliments' Days 2025!

Atanas is also editor of our topical collection, Restoration of species of conservation importance https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.coll.64, which is related to tomorrow's satellite conference!

06/11/2025

Our journal will be represented at the II. Hungarian Zootaxonomy Conference in Budapest on 27 and 28 November, and Pensoft Publishers is giving a special award to the Best Early Career Researcher Presentation!

The II. Hungarian Zootaxonomy Conference is scheduled to take place on Thursday, November 27th, and Friday, November 28th, 2025 in the University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest.The conference itinerary includes lectures by Dr. Nesrine Akkari, Curator of the Myriapoda collection at the Naturhistoris...

06/11/2025

05/11/2025

A taxonomic review of the dung beetle species in the genus Carinaulus found on the Korean Peninsula: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e169855