🌏 The 5th International Congress on Southeast Asian Gateway Evolution - #SAGE2026 - is now underway in Phuket, Thailand! 🔬 Bringing together global researchers to showcase the latest breakthroughs in systematics, ecology, and evolutionary biodiversity science: zse.pensoft.net/news/1391

Pensoft Sponsors Student Awards at 5th International SAGE Congress in Phuket

The 5th International Congress on Southeast Asian Gateway Evolution (SAGE 2026) is currently under way in Phuket, Thailand, running from 3 to 7 August 2026 at the Phuket Royal City Hotel. Organised un...

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🦎 A striking new skink species, Scincella gigas, has been discovered in the mountains of Yunnan Province, China, and is the largest member of its genus ever recorded. Its name is derived from the Greek word for "giant"! ➡️ Full study: doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.204139

🦐 Surveys of freshwater shrimp in Guangxi, China, have uncovered a striking new species, Caridina grammosticta, characterised by its seven reddish-brown stripes and speckled pattern. ➡️ Read more: doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.199045

🔬 A long-confused freshwater mussel has recently had its identity clarified, revealing it is more closely related to the genus Nodularia than previously thought, and it has now been renamed Nodularia liuovatus. ➡️ Full study: doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.200796

🦎 A new skink species, the Dabie Mountains Ground Skink (Scincella dabieshanensis), has been discovered in China, bringing the country's total number of Scincella species to 19. 👉 Learn all about it: doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.187997

🐸 A charming new amphibian, the Damingshan Tree Frog (Gracixalus damingshanensis), has been discovered in the evergreen and bamboo forests of Damingshan National Nature Reserve in Guangxi, China, identified by its golden-brown eyes and multi-note call: doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.186426

New karst-adapted gecko described from Guizhou, China: Gekko qiannanensis. It nests within subgenus Japonigekko alongside other karst species, distinguished by moderate toe webbing and a gray dorsum with six pale bands. Brings Japonigekko to 42 species, 28 known from China: doi.org/10.3897/zse....

Surveys from 2024 across the Nazca, Salas y Gómez, and Juan Fernández ridges (SE Pacific) led to the discovery of a new squat #lobsters: a new Leiogalathea and three new Munidopsis species. All the details in the open-access article: doi.org/10.3897/zse.... @ceabcsic.bsky.social

Four new water #mite species have been discovered in southern China, found living in #moss and #algae at water's edge. One genus is a first record for China. Microscopy also revealed hidden hardened structures forming as the mites mature. Full #openaccess study: doi.org/10.3897/zse....

Two new #spider species described from Yunnan, China: Metashinobius daweishan and M. dulongjiang. This study also reports the first-known female of the genus and refines its diagnostic features, with detailed photos of anatomy and genitalia: doi.org/10.3897/zse....

A new species of Chinese giant #salamander - the world's largest #amphibians - has been discovered in Anhui Province, China. ➡️See the full study in our open-access journal: doi.org/10.3897/zse.... ➡️Or read @pensoft.net's blog: blog.pensoft.net/2026/07/15/n...

🪱🔬Three new species of #freshwater #flatworm (Dugesia) have been described from Henan Province, China. Using anatomy, chromosome counts, and DNA, researchers confirmed each is genetically and physically distinct from its relatives. Full study here: doi.org/10.3897/zse....

Integrative description of three new species of Dugesia (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae) from Henan Province, central China

Three new species of the genus Dugesia from Henan Province in central China, Dugesia tongbaiensis Chen & Zhang, sp. nov., Dugesia fangchengensis Chen & Zhang, sp. nov., and Dugesia lushanensis...

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⚽ @pensoft.net's Biodiversity Cup is back - and this time it's the Animal Kingdom edition! 🗳️ Head over to their Instagram story and vote for the species you think deserves to win this round: instagram.com/pensoft/ #BiodiversityCup #FIFAWorldCup2026 #WorldCup2026 #FIFAWorldCup

📢 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/

First Call for Papers - ZOOLOGYCON

The “Grigore Antipa” National Museum of Natural History, in partnership with the Romanian Academy and the University of Bucharest, is pleased to announce ZoologyCon 2026, an international zoology cong...

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🐟 A new species of freshwater fish, Acrossocheilus zhangjiajiensis, has been discovered in the upper Lishui River Basin of Hunan Province, China. 🔬 This fish brings the total number of recognised Acrossocheilus species to 25! ➡️ Full study: doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.195486 #newfish #newspecies

📍 The 10th European Hemiptera Congress is to be hosted in Martonvásár, Hungary, from 28 June to 3 July. 🤔 Curious to find out what will be covered across the sessions? Check out our latest news announcement: zse.pensoft.net/news/1311

🦎 Zoosystematics and Evolution moves up! Impact Factor climbs to 1.4 (from 0.9), Q3→Q2 in Zoology (WoS). #Scopus CiteScore at 1.8, Q2 across all indexed categories. See more: zse.pensoft.net/news/1303 #scholarlypublishing #openaccess

🐟 A new species of parasitic flatworm, Prodistomum chumphonense, has been described from the intestines of two mackerel species collected in the Gulf of Thailand: doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.190596 @unibarcelonathe.bsky.social

🐌 A comprehensive DNA barcode reference library for land and freshwater molluscs of Catalonia, north-eastern Spain, has been established for the first time, with 368 genetic sequences generated across 168 species and subspecies. ➡️ Check it out: doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.159613

🪸 An annotated catalogue has been produced to document over 750 specimens of black corals (Antipatharia) held at Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands, encompassing name-bearing type material for 59 taxa. ➡️ Check it out: doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.192821 @biology.ox.ac.uk

🔬 A novel parasitic species belonging to the genus Myxobolus has been discovered in the intestinal walls of a freshwater fish during a biodiversity survey in Hunan province, China, where it was found to infect nearly a third of examined hosts. ➡️ Find out more: doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.191790

🔬 Two new species of freshwater flatworms of the genus Dugesia have been discovered in the Taihang and Funiu Mountains - D. cylindrica and D. elongata. ➡️ Read more about them: doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.181547

🐛 A total of eight millipede species, including four recorded in Guizhou Province for the first time, were identified within the Chishui Alsophila National Nature Reserve. 🔬 Two species entirely new to science were also discovered and described in the following study: doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.185791

🕷️ 🎸 𝘗𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘥𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 is a newly described crevice weaver spider named after #PinkFloyd that preys on animals six times its size and hides inside walls. Published in @zse.pensoft.net and featured on the #BBC #Wildlife Magazine homepage, as covered by Magda Patynska. 👇

"It preys on animals 6 times its size and hides in walls..." | Discover Wildlife

Scientists have discovered a tiny wall-dwelling spider in Colombia – and named it after the iconic band Pink Floyd

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👉 Read the full open-access article in @zse.pensoft.net: doi.org/10.3897/zse.... #arachnid #taxonomy #newspecies

Another web in the wall: A new Pikelinia Mello-Leitão, 1946 (Araneae, Filistatidae) from Colombia, with notes on its diet and description of the female genitalia of P. fasciata (Banks, 1902)

The new synanthropic crevice weaver spider species, from the family Filistatidae, Pikelinia floydmuraria sp. nov. (male and females) is described from the department of Tolima, Colombia. The female in...

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🐟 A new #fish species, Oreonectes weii, has been discovered in China's Jiangxi Province and is named in honour of the conservation biologist Fu-Wen Wei. 🔍 Check out its unique physical traits, including its fin-rays and body colouration, by accessing the full study: doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.186155

🕷️ Five new species of the spider genus Ovia were discovered and described across several Chinese provinces, significantly expanding the known diversity of these arachnids. 🗺️ Read more: doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.188856

🦋 Abstract submission for ZoologyCon 2026 is now open! ➡️ Check out our latest news announcement to learn more: zse.pensoft.net/news/1212 ➡️ Official website of ZoologyCon: zoologycon.ro/home/

🐍 We are delighted to share that our recent study on the Huaxi green pit viper (Trimeresurus lii) has been featured in BBC Wildlife Magazine! ➡️ Check out the feature here: www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts... ➡️ Original study: zse.pensoft.net/article/1786... #newspecies #herpetology

A venomous pit viper has been hiding in China's misty mountains | Discover Wildlife

Scientists describe new species of amber-eyed, grass-green snake from China's Giant Panda National Park.

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🦎 A newly identified nocturnal lizard, Gekko wuzhengjuni, has been discovered in the rocky landscapes of Guangxi, China. 🔬 This distinct species is defined by specific features such as its nasal scale arrangement and a set of ten continuous pores. ➡️ Read more: doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.185568