Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN

27/04/2026

Acta Ornithologica – Advancing Open Science in Ornithology

Acta Ornithologica is an international, peer‑reviewed journal publishing high‑quality scientific papers from all fields of ornithology, including original research articles, reviews, and short notes. All submissions undergo rigorous peer review, ensuring strong scientific standards and reliability - Journal Citation Reports: 1.3 Impact Factor (2024), ranking 9th out of 29 journals in Ornithology (Q2).
The journal in 2026 operates under a fully Open Access model, while publication remains free of charge for authors. Accepted manuscripts are published as Online Early articles and are immediately citable, accelerating the dissemination of new research. All content is widely accessible via BioOne.

‼️ Articles published in Acta Ornithologica are regularly highlighted in curated collections such as the BioOne Vista Collection, and Top & Trending Research, further enhancing their visibility and impact within the scientific community.

Researchers are warmly invited to submit their manuscripts and share their work with a global audience through a journal dedicated to quality, accessibility, and open science.
Journal contents on BioOne: https://bioone.org/journals/acta-ornithologica

✍️ Manuscript submission: https://www.editorialsystem.com/ao/

23/04/2026

Zapraszamy serdecznie na nasze jutrzejsze (24.04) seminarium on-line o godz. 12:00! Seminarium będzie prowadzone w jęz. angielskim. Link do spotkania w pierwszym komentarzu. ⬇️

Don't miss our on-line seminar! Tomorrow (24 April), at 12:00 CEST. The seminar will be held in English. Join with the link in the first comment. ⬇️

❗️Zapraszamy na kolejne seminarium on-line❗️ [English version below]
📆24 kwietnia 2026 r.
⏰Godz. 12:00
📍Seminarium odbędzie się on-line w jęz. angielskim.
🎙️Prelegentka: dr Katarzyna Rybarczyk-Mydłowska, MiIZ PAN
➡️Tytuł: "Exploring soil nematode diversity: species characteristics and (meta)barcoding"
🔗Link do spotkania znajduje się w pierwszym komentarzu.
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❗️Join our upcoming on-line seminar❗️
📆24 April, 2026
⏰12:00 CEST
📍The seminar will be held on-line in English.
🎙️Speaker: Dr Katarzyna Rybarczyk-Mydłowska, MIZ PAS
➡️Title: "Exploring soil nematode diversity: species characteristics and (meta)barcoding"
🔗Join with the link in the first comment.

Abstract:
Soil is inhabited by many plant parasitic and free-living nematode species that constitute a significant component of the soil food web. Precise morphological and molecular characteristics of these animals are important for plant protection and ecological research. To date, only a small fraction of the described nematode species has been characterized at the molecular level. The characterization of nematode species and the description of new ones is an ongoing process. The importance of this process, as well as recently described and characterized soil nematode species, will be discussed. Additionally, the results of metabarcoding optimalization studies performed on mock soil nematode communities will also be presented.

23/04/2026

‼️Annales Zoologici is evolving — faster, smarter, and more accessible

📢We are pleased to announce a major transformation of Annales
Zoologici, published by the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (MIZ PAS).

📚A legacy of excellence since 1921: For over a century, Annales Zoologici has published influential and widely cited contributions across diverse areas of zoology, with a strong tradition in systematic entomology.

ℹ️What’s new?
• A modern online publishing system designed to accelerate the editorial process
• Immediate publication workflow — all accepted papers are professionally typeset and, after author corrections, published online without delay in a dedicated annual volume.
• Streamlined handling for faster decisions and improved author experience
• Rapid dissemination of research — Your work becomes available quickly, citable, and visible to the global scientific community immediately after final approval.

⏱️2026 Free Open Access❗
As a limited-time benefit for 2026, all articles will be published in full Open Access, ensuring maximum reach and visibility at no cost to authors.

📝We welcome submissions in all areas of systematic entomology.
✔ No publication fees
✔ Fast publication after acceptance
✔ Rigorous peer review
✔ International audience

❗Be part of the next chapter of Annales Zoologici

Check us out on: https://bioone.org/journals/annales-zoologici

21/04/2026

21/04/2026

🪲🌍 Globalna rewizja Mycetaeidae właśnie ujrzała światło dzienne! [English version below]

Ukazało się najbardziej kompleksowe w historii opracowanie rodziny Mycetaeidae, które całkowicie zmienia nasze spojrzenie na tę rzadką grupę chrząszczy.

🔬 Dzięki połączeniu szczegółowych analiz morfologicznych i molekularnych, nowa publikacja autorstwa badaczy z MIZ (prof. Wioletta Tomaszewska i prof. Karol Szawaryn) oraz Instituto de Ecología (Meksyk) (Dr Emmanuel Arriaga Varela), przynosi nową klasyfikację, nowe gatunki, nowy rodzaj oraz solidne filogenetyczne potwierdzenie ich miejsca na drzewie życia.

📖Co zawiera publikacja?
• pełną rewizję światowych gatunków Mycetaeidae,
• klucze do oznaczania rodzajów i gatunków,
• omówienie morfologii larw, historii nomenklatorycznej oraz zasięgów,
• rekonstrukcję filogenezy potwierdzającą monofiletyzm Mycetaeidae oraz ich siostrzaną relację z Cerasommatidiidae.

🌍 Co nowego? Bardzo dużo!
✔️ Wyróżniono 3 rodzaje w rodzinie
✔️ Opisano nowy rodzaj – Afromycetaea gen. nov.
✔️ Dodano aż 7 nowych gatunków z Afryki i Madagaskaru
✔️ Przeniesiono Mycetaea ciliata do nowego rodzaju (comb. nov.) ✔️ Dwa historyczne gatunki uznano za incertae sedis z powodu braku materiału typowego
✔️ Filogeneza potwierdza monofiletyzm Mycetaeidae i ich siostrzaną relację z Cerasommatidiidae

🧬 Nowo opisane gatunki to: Mycetaea tenerifensis sp. nov. — Teneryfa; Afromycetaea brevis, A. fikaceki, A. mpondo — RPA; Afromycetaea angulata, A. borealis, A. ranomafana — Madagaskar

🌱 Dlaczego to ważne? Bo praca ta:
• porządkuje globalną wiedzę o jednej z najmniej poznanych rodzin Coccinelloidea,
• wprowadza stabilną klasyfikację opartą na danych morfologicznych i genetycznych,
• ujawnia nieznaną dotąd różnorodność Afryki i Madagaskaru,
• tworzy fundament pod przyszłe badania ekologiczne, ewolucyjne i biogeograficzne

🔗Link do pracy: https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlag037

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🪲🌍 A global revision of Mycetaeidae has just been published!

The most comprehensive study of the Mycetaeidae family in history has just been released, completely transforming our understanding of this rare group of beetles.

🔬 Thanks to a combination of detailed morphological and molecular analyses, the new publication by researchers from MIZ (Prof. Wioletta Tomaszewska and Prof. Karol Szawaryn) and Instituto de Ecología (Mexico) (Dr Emmanuel Arriaga Varela) introduces a new classification, new species, a new genus, and robust phylogenetic confirmation of their placement on the tree of life.

📖What does the publication include?
• a complete revision of all known Mycetaeidae species worldwide,
• identification keys for genera and species,
• an overview of larval morphology, nomenclatural history, and distribution,
• a phylogenetic reconstruction confirming the monophyly of Mycetaeidae and their sister relationship with Cerasommatidiidae.

🌍 What’s new? A lot!
✔️ Three genera recognized within the family,
✔️ A new genus described — Afromycetaea gen. nov.,
✔️ Seven new species from Africa and Madagascar,
✔️ Mycetaea ciliata transferred to a new genus (comb. nov.),
✔️ Two historical species designated as incertae sedis due to lack of type material,
✔️ Phylogeny confirms the monophyly of Mycetaeidae and their sister relationship with Cerasommatidiidae.

🧬 Newly described species: Mycetaea tenerifensis sp. nov. — Tenerife; Afromycetaea brevis, A. fikaceki, A. mpondo — South Africa; Afromycetaea angulata, A. borealis, A. ranomafana — Madagascar

🌱 Why is this important?
Because this work:
• organizes global knowledge on one of the least-studied families of Coccinelloidea,
• introduces a stable classification based on morphological and genetic data,
• reveals previously unknown diversity in Africa and Madagascar,
• lays the foundation for future ecological, evolutionary, and biogeographical research.

🔗Link to the paper: https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlag037

20/04/2026

‼️Fragmenta Faunistica – A New Chapter

Fragmenta Faunistica is entering 2026 with important developments that strengthen its scientific focus, openness, and editorial excellence.

🔎 The journal continues as a diamond open‑access publication, free of charge for both authors and readers, and published fully in English, supporting broad accessibility and international interest in faunistic and taxonomic research. Accepted papers are published online immediately, allowing research to be openly available without delay.

🧭 A refreshed Editorial Board will guide this new phase:
• Editor‑in‑Chief: Karol Szawaryn
• Editors: Gema Trigos‑Peral, L**h Karpiński, Adam Stroiński

🌍 Fragmenta Faunistica remains dedicated to publishing high‑quality faunistic studies (including ecological data) that, although difficult to place in higher‑ranked journals, and taxonomic studies are essential for biodiversity research and conservation in a rapidly changing world. We accept research on both invertebrates and vertebrates.

📢 We warmly invite researchers to submit their manuscripts and contribute valuable faunistic and taxonomic data to an open platform serving the scientific community.

# taxonomy

17/04/2026

❗️Zapraszamy na kolejne seminarium on-line❗️ [English version below]
📆24 kwietnia 2026 r.
⏰Godz. 12:00
📍Seminarium odbędzie się on-line w jęz. angielskim.
🎙️Prelegentka: dr Katarzyna Rybarczyk-Mydłowska, MiIZ PAN
➡️Tytuł: "Exploring soil nematode diversity: species characteristics and (meta)barcoding"
🔗Link do spotkania znajduje się w pierwszym komentarzu.
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❗️Join our upcoming on-line seminar❗️
📆24 April, 2026
⏰12:00 CEST
📍The seminar will be held on-line in English.
🎙️Speaker: Dr Katarzyna Rybarczyk-Mydłowska, MIZ PAS
➡️Title: "Exploring soil nematode diversity: species characteristics and (meta)barcoding"
🔗Join with the link in the first comment.

Abstract:
Soil is inhabited by many plant parasitic and free-living nematode species that constitute a significant component of the soil food web. Precise morphological and molecular characteristics of these animals are important for plant protection and ecological research. To date, only a small fraction of the described nematode species has been characterized at the molecular level. The characterization of nematode species and the description of new ones is an ongoing process. The importance of this process, as well as recently described and characterized soil nematode species, will be discussed. Additionally, the results of metabarcoding optimalization studies performed on mock soil nematode communities will also be presented.

17/04/2026

‼️Polish Journal of Ecology – Updating for Better Open Science

The Polish Journal of Ecology announces major editorial updates beginning in 2026 aimed at improving scientific quality, transparency, and accessibility.

🔎 The journal will emphasize robust, data-rich studies with mandatory open data and code, rapid peer review, and evaluation based solely on scientific rigor.

🌍 It encourages submissions from underrepresented regions, especially the Global South, and highlights the value of replication research.

ℹ️ New article categories – including data papers, reviews with meta-analyses, natural history notes, forum papers, and comments – will broaden its scope. Publications will follow a continuous online model with permanent open access under a Creative Commons license, and all papers will be published FREE OF CHARGE for authors, reinforcing the journal’s commitment to openness, methodological clarity, and global ecological scholarship.

📢 We warmly invite researchers to submit their manuscript and take advanted of this popportunity to share high quality science with the global community.

16/04/2026

🐜 Mrówki na wydarzeniu Bioblitz UPO!!! [English version below]

📢 W sobotę, 11 kwietnia, dr Gema Trigos Peral z MIZ PAS wzięła udział w VI Bioblitz na Uniwersytecie Pablo de Olavide (Sewilla, Hiszpania) jako ekspertka grupy „Hormigas II” 🐜

ℹ️ W wydarzeniu uczestniczyło ponad 300 osób. To inspirujące spotkanie połączyło obywateli i ekspertów, których zjednoczyła wspólna pasja do przyrody oraz chęć dzielenia się wiedzą. Był to wspaniały dzień pełen odkryć, współpracy i doceniania bioróżnorodności w pięknym naturalnym otoczeniu.

🌿 Dziękujemy wszystkim, którzy przyczynili się do tego niezapomnianego wydarzenia!



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🐜 Ants at the Bioblitz UPO event!!!

📢 On Saturday, 11th April, Dr. Gema Trigos Peral from MIZ PAS participated in the VI Bioblitz at the University Pablo de Olavide (Seville, Spain) as the expert for the “Hormigas II” group 🐜

ℹ️ With more than 300 participants, this inspiring event organized by Observation.es brought together citizens and experts united by a shared passion for nature and a commitment to knowledge exchange. It was a wonderful day of discovery, collaboration, and appreciation for biodiversity in a beautiful natural setting.

🌿 Thank you to everyone who contributed to making this experience so memorable!

14/04/2026

➡️Praca współautorstwa Wiesława Bogdanowicza i Przemysława Chylareckiego "Jackals among wolves: balancing between competition and tolerance", opublikowana niedawno w czasopiśmie Proceedings of the Royal Society B Royal Society Publishing, została omówiona w biuletynie "Canid News" grupy roboczej zajmującej się psowatymi, IUCN SSC Canid Specialist Group.

📗Zachęcamy do przeczytania:https://www.canids.org/canidnews/2026-1.pdf

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➡️The paper "Jackals among wolves: balancing between competition and tolerance" co-authored by Wiesław Bogdanowicz and Przemysław Chylarecki and recently published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Royal Society Publishing, was featured in Canid News, a bulletin of the IUCN SSC Canid Specialist Group.

📗You can read it here:https://www.canids.org/canidnews/2026-1.pdf

13/04/2026

‼️ Important update from MIZ scientific journals – free open access! 📚🌍🔬

The Museum and Institute of Zoology (PAS) is pleased to announce an important milestone for its five peer reviewed scientific journals, covering a broad range of zoological and ecological research: Polish Journal of Ecology, Acta Ornithologica, Acta Chiropterologica, Annales Zoologici and Fragmenta Faunistica.

Following our inclusion in BioOne several years ago, all MIZ journals have been available on an international publishing platform. As of this year, they operate under a full Open Access model, while continuing to charge NO Article Processing Fees (APC) for authors.

This model reflects our commitment to open science, equal access to knowledge, and global scientific exchange.

🔎 At the same time, our journals are undergoing a comprehensive transformation. This includes:
• new visual identity and unified layout,
• renewed and strengthened editorial boards,
• faster and more efficient manuscript handling,
• transition to online-only publication.

All manuscripts are subject to rigorous peer review, and accepted articles are published online, ensuring rapid and wide dissemination of research results.

📢 We warmly invite researchers to submit their manuscripts and take advantage of this opportunity to share high quality science with the global community.

10/04/2026

Academia: Portal Polskiej Akademii Nauk o rozmowie dr. Filipa Turzy z MiIZ PAN w ramach podcastu „O co chodzi z tą nauką?”, realizowanego wspólnie przez Polskie Radio Czwórka oraz Polska Akademia Nauk 🐜🎙️ [English version below]

Co łączy ludzi i mrówki i gdzie kończą się podobieństwa między mrowiskiem a ludzkim społeczeństwem❓Odpowiedzi można posłuchać tutaj 👇

🎙️ https://www.polskieradio.pl/podcasty/o-co-chodzi-z-ta-nauka/co-laczy-ludzi-i-mrowki (~9:30 min)

📄 https://academia.pan.pl/nie-tylko-pracowite-jak-naprawde-zyja-mrowki/ (streszczenie w wersji tekstowej)


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Academia: The Portal of the Polish Academy of Sciences features an interview with Dr. Filip Turza from the Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS, in the podcast “What’s science all about?”, realized jointly by Czwórka Radio and the Polish Academy of Sciences 🐜🎙️

What connects humans and ants, and where do the similarities between an anthill and human society end❓You can listen here 👇

🎙️ https://www.polskieradio.pl/podcasty/o-co-chodzi-z-ta-nauka/co-laczy-ludzi-i-mrowki (~9:30 min)

📄 https://academia.pan.pl/nie-tylko-pracowite-jak-naprawde-zyja-mrowki/ (text summary)

Podział pracy, chemiczne systemy identyfikacji, hodowla mszyc i nawet 40 proc. „nieaktywnych” robotnic. Mrowisko to nie metafora, lecz jeden z najbardziej zaawansowanych systemów społecznych w przyrodzie. O tym, co naprawdę łączy ludzi i mrówki, mówi dr Filip Turza z Muzeum i....