Recent results from on hadronic spectroscopy are presented, based on data collected by the BaBar experiment between 1999 and 2004. The properties of the recently discovered D_sJ^*(2317)⁺ and D_sJ(2460)⁺ states are studied: resonance parameters and ratios of decay rates are measured from continuum e⁺ e^- production, and production rates are measured from B decays. A search for the D_sJ^*(263206)⁺ state whose observation has been recently reported by the SELEX Collaboration, and a search for a charged partner of the charmonium-like (3872) state, are performed, yielding negative results. Finally, extensive searches for several pentaquark candidates, both fully inclusive and in B decays, result in no positive evidence.

PACS numbers: 13.66.Bc, 13.85.Ni, 13.85.Rm, 14.40.Gx