Biodiversity Data Journal

17/07/2025

Four Chinese species of the braconid parasitoid wasp genus Aerophilus are recognised, including two new species, researchers of Zhejiang University found: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e157012

16/07/2025

16/07/2025

Ecologists from more than 40 countries are expected to gather at the Ecological Society of America annual meeting in August. We'll also have our representative there through Pensoft Publishers, who will be happy to talk to you!

The Pensoft team will take part in the upcoming 2025 Ecological Society of America annual meeting in Baltimore, U.S. Expecting over 3,800 participants from more than 40 countries, this year’s conference will invite discussions under the theme “Ecology is Everywhere.” It is a g...

14/07/2025

If you are involved in (or concerned about) vulture conservation, please fill out and share this survey to help us understand attitudes towards vulture conservation on the Balkans: https://survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90846521/Vulture-Valuation-Balkans

Now might be a good time to remind you that we've got a topical collection full of research on vultures and other species of conservation interest: https://bdj.pensoft.net/topical_collection/64/

11/07/2025

The liverwort Haplomitrium gibbsiae is reported for the first time in China, representing a significant extension of its known geographic range into East Asia.

Find out more: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e155213

10/07/2025

An inventory of coastal fish species occurring within the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Republic of Cabo Verde, focusing on depths between 0 and 200 metres: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e148234

Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes - ce3c IUCN

10/07/2025

We know citizen science can help uncover undocumented biodiversity, but what happens when we pair it with expert surveys? See what researchers in Macao found out when they explored insect diversity in urban areas.

Using insects as a model group, researchers examined the potential of citizen science to uncover undocumented biodiversity.

10/07/2025

27/06/2025

A detailed description of the morphological characteristics of the colonies, cells and stomatocysts of the algae Urostipulosphaera articulata collected from China's Shanxi Province.

The genus Urostipulosphera was established in 2019. Its morphological characteristics are similar to Uroglena and Uroglenopsis, but it differs from both. This genus connects individual cells into communities through a dichotomous branching structure, which distinguishes it from Uroglena and Urogleno...

25/06/2025

The scores are in: we got an Impact factor of 1.1!

The 2024 Journal Impact Factor (JIF) for Biodiversity Data Journal has been officially released, standing at 1.1, according to the latest data from Clarivate’s Journal Citation Report (JCR). This is a slight increase from 2023’s 1.The 2025 JCR reflects how often content published in a pa...

25/06/2025

Complementing expert surveys with citizen science efforts can give us a more comprehensive understanding of insect biodiversity, especially in dense urban areas - here's a case study from Macao recently published in our journal!

Using insects as a model group, researchers examined the potential of citizen science to uncover undocumented biodiversity.