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Featuring research on 🧪
🐝 pesticide impacts on wild bees
🪺 population genomics of avian brood parasitism
🌱 the origins of terrestrial herbivory
Cover image from Abraham et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Featuring research on 🧪
🐝 pesticide impacts on wild bees
🪺 population genomics of avian brood parasitism
🌱 the origins of terrestrial herbivory
Cover image from Abraham et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our January issue is now live: www.nature.com/natecolevol/...
Featuring research on 🧪
🐝 pesticide impacts on wild bees
🪺 population genomics of avian brood parasitism
🌱 the origins of terrestrial herbivory
Cover image from Abraham et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Featuring research on 🧪
🐝 pesticide impacts on wild bees
🪺 population genomics of avian brood parasitism
🌱 the origins of terrestrial herbivory
Cover image from Abraham et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 9, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Our January issue is now live: www.nature.com/natecolevol/...
Featuring research on 🧪
🐝 pesticide impacts on wild bees
🪺 population genomics of avian brood parasitism
🌱 the origins of terrestrial herbivory
Cover image from Abraham et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Featuring research on 🧪
🐝 pesticide impacts on wild bees
🪺 population genomics of avian brood parasitism
🌱 the origins of terrestrial herbivory
Cover image from Abraham et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Plant diversity enhances ecosystem resistance to increasing grazing pressure in global drylands 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 9, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Plant diversity enhances ecosystem resistance to increasing grazing pressure in global drylands 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Fungal endophytes contribute to the population persistence of a grass species by ameliorating drought stress, but are more likely to disappear locally under climate variability 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Climate variability disrupts microbial mutualism-driven population persistence - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Microbial mutualists could affect plant population persistence under climate change. Here the authors show that fungal endophytes contribute to the population persistence of a grass species by amelior...
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January 8, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Fungal endophytes contribute to the population persistence of a grass species by ameliorating drought stress, but are more likely to disappear locally under climate variability 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Read the accompanying commentary from Gabriel Maturani Barrile 👇
"Hidden outbreaks in an amphibian pandemic" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Free to read: rdcu.be/eXWAQ
"Hidden outbreaks in an amphibian pandemic" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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January 7, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Read the accompanying commentary from Gabriel Maturani Barrile 👇
"Hidden outbreaks in an amphibian pandemic" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Free to read: rdcu.be/eXWAQ
"Hidden outbreaks in an amphibian pandemic" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Free to read: rdcu.be/eXWAQ
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Assessing mining impacts in the deep sea www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ingels et al. discuss two recent papers on the impacts of deep-sea mining on biodiversity, and how this may be affected by developments in nodule collection technology
Free-to-read: rdcu.be/eX1pn
Ingels et al. discuss two recent papers on the impacts of deep-sea mining on biodiversity, and how this may be affected by developments in nodule collection technology
Free-to-read: rdcu.be/eX1pn
Assessing mining impacts in the deep sea - Nature Ecology & Evolution
New studies that document the effect of polymetallic nodule mining vehicles on deep-sea biodiversity suggest that keeping up with technological innovations will be key to more realistic impact assessm...
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January 7, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Assessing mining impacts in the deep sea www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ingels et al. discuss two recent papers on the impacts of deep-sea mining on biodiversity, and how this may be affected by developments in nodule collection technology
Free-to-read: rdcu.be/eX1pn
Ingels et al. discuss two recent papers on the impacts of deep-sea mining on biodiversity, and how this may be affected by developments in nodule collection technology
Free-to-read: rdcu.be/eX1pn
Assessing mining impacts in the deep sea www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ingels et al. discuss two recent papers on the impacts of deep-sea mining on biodiversity, and how this may be affected by developments in nodule collection technology
Free-to-read: rdcu.be/eX1pn
Ingels et al. discuss two recent papers on the impacts of deep-sea mining on biodiversity, and how this may be affected by developments in nodule collection technology
Free-to-read: rdcu.be/eX1pn
Assessing mining impacts in the deep sea - Nature Ecology & Evolution
New studies that document the effect of polymetallic nodule mining vehicles on deep-sea biodiversity suggest that keeping up with technological innovations will be key to more realistic impact assessm...
www.nature.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Assessing mining impacts in the deep sea www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ingels et al. discuss two recent papers on the impacts of deep-sea mining on biodiversity, and how this may be affected by developments in nodule collection technology
Free-to-read: rdcu.be/eX1pn
Ingels et al. discuss two recent papers on the impacts of deep-sea mining on biodiversity, and how this may be affected by developments in nodule collection technology
Free-to-read: rdcu.be/eX1pn
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Just published in @natecoevo.nature.com: using data from the @erc.europa.eu funded BIODESERT dryland survey, we show that plant diversity strongly enhances ecosystem resistance to increasing grazing pressure. Conserving biodiversity is key to sustaining dryland rangelands worldwide rdcu.be/eXY6D
January 7, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Just published in @natecoevo.nature.com: using data from the @erc.europa.eu funded BIODESERT dryland survey, we show that plant diversity strongly enhances ecosystem resistance to increasing grazing pressure. Conserving biodiversity is key to sustaining dryland rangelands worldwide rdcu.be/eXY6D
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I am extremely proud and happy to announce that another paper from my PhD days has just been published in @natecoevo.nature.com on evolution of genome and gene regulation thanks to all the amazing people involved.
Check the paper out at:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Check the paper out at:
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Deep conservation of cis-regulatory elements and chromatin organization in echinoderms uncover ancestral regulatory features of animal genomes - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Analysis of the 3D chromatin architecture and cis-regulatory elements in a sea urchin and a sea star reveals mechanisms of 3D chromatin organization in echinoderms and the long-term evolutionary dynam...
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January 7, 2026 at 12:08 PM
I am extremely proud and happy to announce that another paper from my PhD days has just been published in @natecoevo.nature.com on evolution of genome and gene regulation thanks to all the amazing people involved.
Check the paper out at:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Check the paper out at:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Exciting news to start the new year! We’re thrilled to see this work finally out in @natecoevo.nature.com, the result of a major collaboration between my lab and the labs of Veronica Hinman and Nacho Maeso, began many years ago with the dear José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta.
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January 7, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Exciting news to start the new year! We’re thrilled to see this work finally out in @natecoevo.nature.com, the result of a major collaboration between my lab and the labs of Veronica Hinman and Nacho Maeso, began many years ago with the dear José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read the accompanying commentary from Gabriel Maturani Barrile 👇
"Hidden outbreaks in an amphibian pandemic" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Free to read: rdcu.be/eXWAQ
"Hidden outbreaks in an amphibian pandemic" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Free to read: rdcu.be/eXWAQ
January 7, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Read the accompanying commentary from Gabriel Maturani Barrile 👇
"Hidden outbreaks in an amphibian pandemic" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Free to read: rdcu.be/eXWAQ
"Hidden outbreaks in an amphibian pandemic" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Free to read: rdcu.be/eXWAQ
Fine-scale field analysis and modelling of the spatial dynamics of infection of Darwin’s frogs with Bd fungus identifies highly localized transmission dynamics that generate clustered epidemics and can drive collapse of local subpopulations 🧪🐸 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Localized transmission of an aquatic pathogen drives hidden epidemics and population collapse in a terrestrial host - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Fine-scale field analysis and modelling of the spatial dynamics of infection of Darwin’s frogs with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis fungus identifies highly localized transmission dynamics that generat...
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January 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Fine-scale field analysis and modelling of the spatial dynamics of infection of Darwin’s frogs with Bd fungus identifies highly localized transmission dynamics that generate clustered epidemics and can drive collapse of local subpopulations 🧪🐸 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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December 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
We're hiring! Nature Ecology & Evolution is seeking a Locum Associate or Senior Editor in palaeoecology and human evolution, based in Shanghai or Beijing.
Closing date 4th Jan 2026
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Trace fossils from the end Ordovician of South Africa suggest a low-diversity meiofaunal benthic community fed by episodic concentrations of phytoplankton (marine snow) 🧪
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Marine snow fuels an opportunistic small food web in the Late Ordovician Soom Shale Lagerstätte - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Trace fossils from the end Ordovician of South Africa suggest a low-diversity meiofaunal benthic community fed by episodic concentrations of phytoplankton (marine snow).
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December 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Trace fossils from the end Ordovician of South Africa suggest a low-diversity meiofaunal benthic community fed by episodic concentrations of phytoplankton (marine snow) 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This study reconstructs the gene regulatory networks that define cell types in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis, providing a valuable resource for comparative regulatory genomics and the evolution of new cell types 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Decoding cnidarian cell type gene regulation - Nature Ecology & Evolution
This study reconstructs the gene regulatory networks that define cell types in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis, providing a valuable resource for comparative regulatory genomics and the evoluti...
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December 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
This study reconstructs the gene regulatory networks that define cell types in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis, providing a valuable resource for comparative regulatory genomics and the evolution of new cell types 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Lovely Xmas gift 🎄—our paper is out today in @natecoevo.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...! Huge thanks to everyone who made it possible, especially @aelek.bsky.social and @arnausebe.bsky.social
Decoding cnidarian cell type gene regulation - Nature Ecology & Evolution
This study reconstructs the gene regulatory networks that define cell types in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis, providing a valuable resource for comparative regulatory genomics and the evoluti...
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December 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Lovely Xmas gift 🎄—our paper is out today in @natecoevo.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...! Huge thanks to everyone who made it possible, especially @aelek.bsky.social and @arnausebe.bsky.social
Population genetics analysis in a phylogenetic framework shows convergent evolution in the genomes of five brood-parasitic species, including selection on genes involved in spermatogenesis, sperm function and nervous system development 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Comparative population genomics reveals convergent adaptation across independent origins of avian obligate brood parasitism - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Population genetics analysis in a phylogenetic framework shows convergent evolution in the genomes of five brood-parasitic species, including selection on genes involved in spermatogenesis, sperm func...
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December 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Population genetics analysis in a phylogenetic framework shows convergent evolution in the genomes of five brood-parasitic species, including selection on genes involved in spermatogenesis, sperm function and nervous system development 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Bee assemblage data from 681 crop fields across 3 continents shows that local pesticide hazards and decreasing adjacent semi-natural habitats negatively affected wild bee abundance and species richness in crop fields, while pesticides reduce functional diversity🧪🐝 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Pesticides and habitat loss additively reduce wild bees in crop fields - Nature Ecology & Evolution
The authors synthesize bee assemblage data from 681 crop fields across three continents, finding that local pesticide hazards and decreasing adjacent semi-natural habitats both negatively affected wil...
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December 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Bee assemblage data from 681 crop fields across 3 continents shows that local pesticide hazards and decreasing adjacent semi-natural habitats negatively affected wild bee abundance and species richness in crop fields, while pesticides reduce functional diversity🧪🐝 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bee assemblage data from 681 crop fields across 3 continents shows that local pesticide hazards and decreasing adjacent semi-natural habitats negatively affected wild bee abundance and species richness in crop fields, while pesticides reduce functional diversity🧪🐝 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Pesticides and habitat loss additively reduce wild bees in crop fields - Nature Ecology & Evolution
The authors synthesize bee assemblage data from 681 crop fields across three continents, finding that local pesticide hazards and decreasing adjacent semi-natural habitats both negatively affected wil...
www.nature.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Bee assemblage data from 681 crop fields across 3 continents shows that local pesticide hazards and decreasing adjacent semi-natural habitats negatively affected wild bee abundance and species richness in crop fields, while pesticides reduce functional diversity🧪🐝 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read the accompanying News & Views commentary from Ellen Welti 👇
"A pinch of salt works for megaherbivores" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Free-to-read: rdcu.be/eUJ9e
"A pinch of salt works for megaherbivores" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Free-to-read: rdcu.be/eUJ9e
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Read the accompanying News & Views commentary from Ellen Welti 👇
"A pinch of salt works for megaherbivores" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Free-to-read: rdcu.be/eUJ9e
"A pinch of salt works for megaherbivores" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Free-to-read: rdcu.be/eUJ9e
Combining high-resolution mapping of foliar- and herbivore- faecal sodium concentrations across Africa, the authors show that plant-derived sodium availability constrains megaherbivore densities at a continental scale 🧪🐘🦏🦒 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Sodium constraints on megaherbivore communities in Africa - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Combining high-resolution mapping of foliar and herbivore faecal sodium concentrations across Africa, the authors show that plant-derived sodium availability constrains megaherbivore densities at a co...
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December 15, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Combining high-resolution mapping of foliar- and herbivore- faecal sodium concentrations across Africa, the authors show that plant-derived sodium availability constrains megaherbivore densities at a continental scale 🧪🐘🦏🦒 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Comment article: Matthew Fagan, Naomi Schwartz and Ruth DeFries offer three considerations on uncertainties and potential misapplications of global datasets to ensure responsible use of remote-sensing datasets in ecology and environmental science.
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The responsible use of global remote-sensing datasets - Nature Ecology & Evolution
In this age of abundant remote-sensing data, global datasets are increasingly relied upon to analyse the planet at unprecedented scale and resolution. We offer three considerations on uncertainties an...
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December 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Comment article: Matthew Fagan, Naomi Schwartz and Ruth DeFries offer three considerations on uncertainties and potential misapplications of global datasets to ensure responsible use of remote-sensing datasets in ecology and environmental science.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Comment article: Matthew Fagan, Naomi Schwartz and Ruth DeFries offer three considerations on uncertainties and potential misapplications of global datasets to ensure responsible use of remote-sensing datasets in ecology and environmental science.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The responsible use of global remote-sensing datasets - Nature Ecology & Evolution
In this age of abundant remote-sensing data, global datasets are increasingly relied upon to analyse the planet at unprecedented scale and resolution. We offer three considerations on uncertainties an...
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December 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Comment article: Matthew Fagan, Naomi Schwartz and Ruth DeFries offer three considerations on uncertainties and potential misapplications of global datasets to ensure responsible use of remote-sensing datasets in ecology and environmental science.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Our December issue is now live: www.nature.com/natecolevol/...
Featuring research on 🧪
🦏 rhinocerotid dispersal in the mid-Cenozoic
🐟 biodiversity responses to freshwater stressors
🦋 evolution of butterfly eyespots
Cover shows a Korean seahorse, from Meyer et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Featuring research on 🧪
🦏 rhinocerotid dispersal in the mid-Cenozoic
🐟 biodiversity responses to freshwater stressors
🦋 evolution of butterfly eyespots
Cover shows a Korean seahorse, from Meyer et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Our December issue is now live: www.nature.com/natecolevol/...
Featuring research on 🧪
🦏 rhinocerotid dispersal in the mid-Cenozoic
🐟 biodiversity responses to freshwater stressors
🦋 evolution of butterfly eyespots
Cover shows a Korean seahorse, from Meyer et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Featuring research on 🧪
🦏 rhinocerotid dispersal in the mid-Cenozoic
🐟 biodiversity responses to freshwater stressors
🦋 evolution of butterfly eyespots
Cover shows a Korean seahorse, from Meyer et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our December issue is now live: www.nature.com/natecolevol/...
Featuring research on 🧪
🦏 rhinocerotid dispersal in the mid-Cenozoic
🐟 biodiversity responses to freshwater stressors
🦋 evolution of butterfly eyespots
Cover shows a Korean seahorse, from Meyer et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Featuring research on 🧪
🦏 rhinocerotid dispersal in the mid-Cenozoic
🐟 biodiversity responses to freshwater stressors
🦋 evolution of butterfly eyespots
Cover shows a Korean seahorse, from Meyer et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Our December issue is now live: www.nature.com/natecolevol/...
Featuring research on 🧪
🦏 rhinocerotid dispersal in the mid-Cenozoic
🐟 biodiversity responses to freshwater stressors
🦋 evolution of butterfly eyespots
Cover shows a Korean seahorse, from Meyer et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Featuring research on 🧪
🦏 rhinocerotid dispersal in the mid-Cenozoic
🐟 biodiversity responses to freshwater stressors
🦋 evolution of butterfly eyespots
Cover shows a Korean seahorse, from Meyer et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Global analysis shows that atmospheric dryness explains geographical patterns of tree canopy height and is projected to become more important in the coming decades:
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Global dependency of canopy height on vapour pressure deficit and its projections under climate change - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Rising atmospheric aridity may be an important driver of tree growth. Here the authors present analyse the global relationship between tree canopy height and vapour pressure deficit, and its potential...
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December 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Global analysis shows that atmospheric dryness explains geographical patterns of tree canopy height and is projected to become more important in the coming decades:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...