🔔 Just a reminder - we're at #IAL10 in Trieste until the end of the week. Come find us at the Pensoft Publishers stand! 📚 Swing by to chat with the team and learn about publishing with us. There is still time to say hello! #IAL2026 #IAL10Trieste #IALichenology
Профиль
Natural History Collections and Museomics
Профиль VivelyOpen-access, peer-reviewed journal for research, discussion & innovation of natural history collections. Publications foster deeper understanding & appreciation of natural history. Published by @pensoft.net. Powered by ARPHA. Website: nhcm.pensoft.net
📚 Zimbabwe's century-old plant collection, one of the largest in southern Africa, is being unlocked from the #herbarium and made #accessible worldwide through several digitisation initiatives: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.196914
🔬 An open-source workflow has been developed that uses low-cost imaging, AI-based object detection and OCR to transform whole-drawer photographs of insect collections into machine-readable data. 👉 Full research article here: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.196081 @sgn.one
🧬 A recent study has shown that genomic DNA can still be successfully extracted from museum specimens preserved in fluid, even when they were collected many years ago. 🔬 Read the full paper: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.189111
📢 The abstract submission deadline for ZoologyCon 2026 is fast approaching! 📝 Abstracts are invited across all six congress themes, from taxonomy and genomics to conservation and citizen science. ⏰ Submissions are only being accepted until 31 July 2026 - get yours in soon! zoologycon.ro/home/
🦋 The XIII European Congress of Entomology has opened today in Tours, France. 📖 If you are in attendance, come and visit us at the @pensoft.net booth to find out more and say hello! #ECE2026Tours @cnrs.fr @irbi-tours.bsky.social
Look who we met at #IAVS2026 - Celia Gonzalez Lopez from @mncn-csic.bsky.social, co-author of a methodological article describing the digitization and printing workflow for #3D-scanned #insect replicas, as well as their use in education through sensory interaction 👇 doi.org/10.3897/nhcm...
🦴 A historically misidentified bandicoot skull, held at the State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe and originally inscribed as the extinct southern pig-footed bandicoot, has been re-examined through virtual 3D-reconstruction using surface scanning. 🔍 Find out more: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.192533
💻 Two lightweight web applications for natural history collections have been successfully developed using AI-assisted coding to overcome traditional resource and programming constraints. ➡️ Full study: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.191202
🏺 For a new permanent exhibition, the Croatian Natural History Museum evaluated nine different silicone, wax, grease, and rubber sealants to find the best option for ground-glass-stopper jars: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.188287
🐟 Data from major Portuguese natural history collections have been recently analysed, revealing that the country’s freshwater fish biodiversity is not fully represented taxonomically, geographically, or temporally. Read more: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.186661
🐸 A comprehensive database of over 6,000 amphibian and reptile records from São Tomé & Príncipe has been successfully compiled from historical collections and citizen science data. ➡️ Read the full study: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.184711 #citizenscience
🪸 DNA mini barcoding has been successfully utilised to acquire molecular data from historical octocoral specimens in a zoological collection, overcoming the challenges of severe DNA degradation associated with older samples. ➡️ Read the full study: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.188052 #zoology
🏛️ Happy International Museum Day and a very special 80th anniversary to the International Council of Museums! ✨ Visit our latest blog to explore our "Best of the Archive" collection and find out more about the articles we have selected for this year's celebration: #InternationalMuseumDay #IMD2026
🎉 We are delighted to welcome Dr. Srinivasan Pandiarajan as a new Subject Editor for our journal! ➡️ Read more about his expertise here: nhcm.pensoft.net/news/1228
⏰ Deadline approaching! 📆The #TDWG2026 Call for Abstracts closes on 20 May 2026, 23:59 UTC-12. Submit your presentation or poster for the upcoming conference (21-25 Sep) on the topic: #Research & Robot-ready #Biodiversity #Data Standards. Learn more here: nhcm.pensoft.net/news/1181
🦋 Abstract submission for ZoologyCon 2026 is now open! ➡️ Check out our latest news announcement to learn more: nhcm.pensoft.net/news/1213 ➡️ Official website of ZoologyCon: zoologycon.ro/home/
The call for abstracts for the annual conference of #Biodiversity Information Standards @tdwg.org is now OPEN. Submit oral presentations, lightning talks, or posters on #biodiversity #data standards and #informatics. ⏳Deadline: 20 May 2026 👉 See all the details here: nhcm.pensoft.net/news/1181