Rachel Warnock
@rachelwarnock.bsky.social
Palaeobiologist, Professor at FAU.
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In an era marked by rapid climate change and biodiversity loss, it is imperative that we continue to invest in the unique value of natural history collections data
"Global sampling decline erodes science potential of natural history collections" 🧪
"Global sampling decline erodes science potential of natural history collections" 🧪
Global sampling decline erodes science potential of natural history collections - Nature Communications
Natural history collections hold over two billion specimens representing Earth’s biodiversity, but their scientific value depends on continued specimen collection and digitisation. This study demonstr...
www.nature.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 AM
In an era marked by rapid climate change and biodiversity loss, it is imperative that we continue to invest in the unique value of natural history collections data
"Global sampling decline erodes science potential of natural history collections" 🧪
"Global sampling decline erodes science potential of natural history collections" 🧪
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My research group has an open position for a postdoc! Interested in investigating the postural transition towards mammalian gait using movement simulations? We might have the right position for you! More details and application info here: www.asm.tf.fau.de/en/2025/11/1...
Postdoctoral researcher for DFG-funded project “FossilGaitSim”
The Biomechanical Motion Analysis and Creation (BioMAC) group at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) invites applications for a postdoctoral position with the goal to…
www.asm.tf.fau.de
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
My research group has an open position for a postdoc! Interested in investigating the postural transition towards mammalian gait using movement simulations? We might have the right position for you! More details and application info here: www.asm.tf.fau.de/en/2025/11/1...
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I am running for the outreach officer position for the @thepalass.bsky.social this year (manifesto in image).
If you are a member, please check your mail and consider voting in the AGM. Several important roles are up for election with great candidates looking to work for our community.
If you are a member, please check your mail and consider voting in the AGM. Several important roles are up for election with great candidates looking to work for our community.
November 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I am running for the outreach officer position for the @thepalass.bsky.social this year (manifesto in image).
If you are a member, please check your mail and consider voting in the AGM. Several important roles are up for election with great candidates looking to work for our community.
If you are a member, please check your mail and consider voting in the AGM. Several important roles are up for election with great candidates looking to work for our community.
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I’ve released a tool to sketch and edit phylogenetic trees!
yawak.jp/PhyloWeaver/
Load a Newick file and intuitively add/remove/resize branches.
Useful for quick conceptual trees, extracting subtrees, or turning ideas into Newick.
yawak.jp/PhyloWeaver/
Load a Newick file and intuitively add/remove/resize branches.
Useful for quick conceptual trees, extracting subtrees, or turning ideas into Newick.
PhyloWeaver – Interactive phylogenetic tree editor
Edit and visualize phylogenetic trees directly in your browser. PhyloWeaver lets you interactively rearrange tree topologies and export high-quality figures for publications and presentations.
yawak.jp
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I’ve released a tool to sketch and edit phylogenetic trees!
yawak.jp/PhyloWeaver/
Load a Newick file and intuitively add/remove/resize branches.
Useful for quick conceptual trees, extracting subtrees, or turning ideas into Newick.
yawak.jp/PhyloWeaver/
Load a Newick file and intuitively add/remove/resize branches.
Useful for quick conceptual trees, extracting subtrees, or turning ideas into Newick.
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PGRs Amy Shipley (@sauropodlets.bsky.social) & Lydia Woods recently published a review in @globalchangebio.bsky.social showing that while today’s extinction rates aren't yet at "Big Five" mass extinction levels, they’re likely the highest seen in the last 66myrs.
amdunhill.co.uk/2025/11/17/n...
amdunhill.co.uk/2025/11/17/n...
New paper by Amy Shipley and Lydia Woods
DeepBio@Leeds PGRs Amy Shipley and Lydia have published a review on the sixth mass extinction, as part of a working group on Cenozoic extinctions led out of the Anthropocene Biodiversity Centre at …
amdunhill.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
PGRs Amy Shipley (@sauropodlets.bsky.social) & Lydia Woods recently published a review in @globalchangebio.bsky.social showing that while today’s extinction rates aren't yet at "Big Five" mass extinction levels, they’re likely the highest seen in the last 66myrs.
amdunhill.co.uk/2025/11/17/n...
amdunhill.co.uk/2025/11/17/n...
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Anyone interested in applying for PhDs at #2025SVP, email or find me or @tguillerme.bsky.social for a chat if you’re interested in morphological trait evolution with a conservation theme:
🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
ACCE+ DLA Programme: Morphological Trait Evolution in Isolated Populations of Large Mammals and its Implications for Rewilding in the UK at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - ACCE+ DLA Programme: Morphological Trait Evolution in Isolated Populations of Large Mammals and its Implications for Rewilding in the UK at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.co...
www.findaphd.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Anyone interested in applying for PhDs at #2025SVP, email or find me or @tguillerme.bsky.social for a chat if you’re interested in morphological trait evolution with a conservation theme:
🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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ppgm: an R package for integrating neontological, palaeontological & climate data in a phylogenetic comparative framework onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #SVP2025 @alexh-palaeo.bsky.social @datadryad.bsky.social @tamueccb.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
ppgm: an R package for integrating neontological, palaeontological & climate data in a phylogenetic comparative framework onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #SVP2025 @alexh-palaeo.bsky.social @datadryad.bsky.social @tamueccb.bsky.social
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Want to do a PhD linking palaeontology, ecological modelling and polar ecosystems? Look no further than this NERC GW4+ DLTP funded project with @rowanwhittlebas.bsky.social at @bas.ac.uk & @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social and others (inc me).
www.bristol.ac.uk/media-librar...
www.bristol.ac.uk/media-librar...
www.bristol.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Want to do a PhD linking palaeontology, ecological modelling and polar ecosystems? Look no further than this NERC GW4+ DLTP funded project with @rowanwhittlebas.bsky.social at @bas.ac.uk & @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social and others (inc me).
www.bristol.ac.uk/media-librar...
www.bristol.ac.uk/media-librar...
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Reminder that my lab is seeking graduate students for fall 2026. As part of @oupaleobiology.bsky.social, my lab uses a combination of fossils, statistical phylogenetics, fieldwork, & computational approaches to investigate macroevolutionary dynamics in the marine biosphere. Link w/ more info below:
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Reminder that my lab is seeking graduate students for fall 2026. As part of @oupaleobiology.bsky.social, my lab uses a combination of fossils, statistical phylogenetics, fieldwork, & computational approaches to investigate macroevolutionary dynamics in the marine biosphere. Link w/ more info below:
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PhD position available in evolutionary genomics/bioinformatics (hoehnalab.github.io/job_adverts/...). Topic: analyzing gene expression evolution across several firefly species and linking expression changes to genomic architecture. The position is jointly supervised with @anaevolcatalan.bsky.social
hoehnalab.github.io
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
PhD position available in evolutionary genomics/bioinformatics (hoehnalab.github.io/job_adverts/...). Topic: analyzing gene expression evolution across several firefly species and linking expression changes to genomic architecture. The position is jointly supervised with @anaevolcatalan.bsky.social
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Fully funded PhD projects available in my group (Please share with interested parties, details here: www.thefosterlab.org/blog/2025/11...):
PhD Topics - Entry September 2026 — The Foster Lab
This year we are involved in 3 fully funded PhD projects via IGNITE our NERC DLA. The deadline is Thursday Jan 8th 2026 . 1. Is the world already 1.5 C warmer?...
www.thefosterlab.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Fully funded PhD projects available in my group (Please share with interested parties, details here: www.thefosterlab.org/blog/2025/11...):
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Interested in the @evojlinnsoc.bsky.social
special issue on phylogenomic discordance? tinyurl.com/v2eces3s 🧪
Three more summaries added below!
We'll return when more articles come live.
Again, all and any oversimplications are entirely my fault!
special issue on phylogenomic discordance? tinyurl.com/v2eces3s 🧪
Three more summaries added below!
We'll return when more articles come live.
Again, all and any oversimplications are entirely my fault!
November 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Interested in the @evojlinnsoc.bsky.social
special issue on phylogenomic discordance? tinyurl.com/v2eces3s 🧪
Three more summaries added below!
We'll return when more articles come live.
Again, all and any oversimplications are entirely my fault!
special issue on phylogenomic discordance? tinyurl.com/v2eces3s 🧪
Three more summaries added below!
We'll return when more articles come live.
Again, all and any oversimplications are entirely my fault!
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🔎 How can we measure and compare morphological diversity through time and across groups?
New Edition of the course: Introduction to the Analysis of Morphological Disparity
📅 January 6th–15th, 2026 (ONLINE)
New Edition of the course: Introduction to the Analysis of Morphological Disparity
📅 January 6th–15th, 2026 (ONLINE)
November 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
🔎 How can we measure and compare morphological diversity through time and across groups?
New Edition of the course: Introduction to the Analysis of Morphological Disparity
📅 January 6th–15th, 2026 (ONLINE)
New Edition of the course: Introduction to the Analysis of Morphological Disparity
📅 January 6th–15th, 2026 (ONLINE)
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Delighted to share our special collection of 24 landmark papers in vertebrate palaeontology published in @journalsystpal.bsky.social in the last 15 years, assembled to coincide with #SVP2025 #2025SVP. All these papers are free to access now and through November: www.tandfonline.com/journals/tjs...
JSP Landmark Papers in Vertebrate Palaeontology
Explore the article collection: JSP Landmark Papers in Vertebrate Palaeontology. Published in Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.
www.tandfonline.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Delighted to share our special collection of 24 landmark papers in vertebrate palaeontology published in @journalsystpal.bsky.social in the last 15 years, assembled to coincide with #SVP2025 #2025SVP. All these papers are free to access now and through November: www.tandfonline.com/journals/tjs...
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Loss of macroevolutionary species fitness explains the rise and fall of clades 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Loss of macroevolutionary species fitness explains the rise and fall of clades - Nature Ecology & Evolution
The interplay between speciation and extinction rates shapes clade diversity dynamics. Using a novel phylogenetic model that includes living and fossil lineages, the authors estimate speciation and ex...
www.nature.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Loss of macroevolutionary species fitness explains the rise and fall of clades 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I've had such a great time talking about some of my recent #opensource and #openscience work at #useR2025, #USRSE25, and #GSAConnects2025 over the last few months!
If you missed it, you can watch the recording of my #useR2025 talk on YouTube.
#reproducibility #paleontology #datascience #Rstats
If you missed it, you can watch the recording of my #useR2025 talk on YouTube.
#reproducibility #paleontology #datascience #Rstats
paleopal: A Shiny app for building data science workflows in paleontology - William Gearty
YouTube video by useR! Conference
www.youtube.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I've had such a great time talking about some of my recent #opensource and #openscience work at #useR2025, #USRSE25, and #GSAConnects2025 over the last few months!
If you missed it, you can watch the recording of my #useR2025 talk on YouTube.
#reproducibility #paleontology #datascience #Rstats
If you missed it, you can watch the recording of my #useR2025 talk on YouTube.
#reproducibility #paleontology #datascience #Rstats
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👏 Congratulations 👏 to the Big Questions team lead by Jansen A. Smith! After such a hard work the paper "Identifying the Big Questions in paleontology: a
community-driven project"is published in Paleobiology (doi.org/10.1017/pab.2025.10042)
community-driven project"is published in Paleobiology (doi.org/10.1017/pab.2025.10042)
October 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
👏 Congratulations 👏 to the Big Questions team lead by Jansen A. Smith! After such a hard work the paper "Identifying the Big Questions in paleontology: a
community-driven project"is published in Paleobiology (doi.org/10.1017/pab.2025.10042)
community-driven project"is published in Paleobiology (doi.org/10.1017/pab.2025.10042)
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Just in time for #FossilFriday! Our paper is out today in Palaeontology @thepalass.bsky.social
Ten simple rules to follow when cleaning occurrence data in palaeobiology 🧹🦕
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Another great @palaeoverse.bsky.social team effort to offer a community resource!
Ten simple rules to follow when cleaning occurrence data in palaeobiology 🧹🦕
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Another great @palaeoverse.bsky.social team effort to offer a community resource!
Ten simple rules to follow when cleaning occurrence data in palaeobiology
Large datasets of fossil occurrences, often downloaded from online community-maintained databases, are a vital resource for understanding broad-scale evolutionary patterns, such as how biodiversity h...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Just in time for #FossilFriday! Our paper is out today in Palaeontology @thepalass.bsky.social
Ten simple rules to follow when cleaning occurrence data in palaeobiology 🧹🦕
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Another great @palaeoverse.bsky.social team effort to offer a community resource!
Ten simple rules to follow when cleaning occurrence data in palaeobiology 🧹🦕
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Another great @palaeoverse.bsky.social team effort to offer a community resource!
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How many plant species are buzz pollinated? After more than six years in the making, our paper on the convergent evolution of buzz pollinated flowers is out in @journal-evo.bsky.social. Thanks @draverbee.bsky.social @roszenil.bsky.social and all co-authors for your hard work! doi.org/10.1093/evol...
October 23, 2025 at 4:50 AM
How many plant species are buzz pollinated? After more than six years in the making, our paper on the convergent evolution of buzz pollinated flowers is out in @journal-evo.bsky.social. Thanks @draverbee.bsky.social @roszenil.bsky.social and all co-authors for your hard work! doi.org/10.1093/evol...
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How animals first started to move? Some insights by @egmitchell.bsky.social (@camzoology.bsky.social) using fossil records.
valuepast.hypotheses.org/4954
valuepast.hypotheses.org/4954
The Dawn of animal life: quantifying the origination animal mobility
In this contribution, Emily Mitchell considers how animals first started to move.
valuepast.hypotheses.org
October 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM
How animals first started to move? Some insights by @egmitchell.bsky.social (@camzoology.bsky.social) using fossil records.
valuepast.hypotheses.org/4954
valuepast.hypotheses.org/4954
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Extreme female philopatry in Pachypus beetles reveals 14 cryptic species!
🧬 Our study shows ancient speciation (5.3mya) despite limited dispersal, linked to the Messinian salinity crisis. Integrative taxonomy uncovers hidden diversity. #Taxonomy #Genetics url: academic.oup.com/sysbio/artic...
🧬 Our study shows ancient speciation (5.3mya) despite limited dispersal, linked to the Messinian salinity crisis. Integrative taxonomy uncovers hidden diversity. #Taxonomy #Genetics url: academic.oup.com/sysbio/artic...
Cryptic species can be phylogenetically old despite strong sex-biased dispersal
Abstract. The impact of strongly differentiated populations on species delimitation due to limited or sex-biased dispersal remains challenging and under-ex
academic.oup.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Extreme female philopatry in Pachypus beetles reveals 14 cryptic species!
🧬 Our study shows ancient speciation (5.3mya) despite limited dispersal, linked to the Messinian salinity crisis. Integrative taxonomy uncovers hidden diversity. #Taxonomy #Genetics url: academic.oup.com/sysbio/artic...
🧬 Our study shows ancient speciation (5.3mya) despite limited dispersal, linked to the Messinian salinity crisis. Integrative taxonomy uncovers hidden diversity. #Taxonomy #Genetics url: academic.oup.com/sysbio/artic...
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🦕 For #PalAss members:
Are you planning to participate in #PalAss2025? 🌍
Don’t forget to check this option ✅
💡 All information can be found here ⬇️
🔗 palass.org/palaeontolog...
#palass #conference #bursary #possibility #apply
Are you planning to participate in #PalAss2025? 🌍
Don’t forget to check this option ✅
💡 All information can be found here ⬇️
🔗 palass.org/palaeontolog...
#palass #conference #bursary #possibility #apply
October 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
🦕 For #PalAss members:
Are you planning to participate in #PalAss2025? 🌍
Don’t forget to check this option ✅
💡 All information can be found here ⬇️
🔗 palass.org/palaeontolog...
#palass #conference #bursary #possibility #apply
Are you planning to participate in #PalAss2025? 🌍
Don’t forget to check this option ✅
💡 All information can be found here ⬇️
🔗 palass.org/palaeontolog...
#palass #conference #bursary #possibility #apply
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🚨 Last call!
Bayesian phylogenetic inference with BEAST2
📅 October 27 th – November 7th, 2025
💻 Online
#TScourses #KeepLearning
Bayesian phylogenetic inference with BEAST2
📅 October 27 th – November 7th, 2025
💻 Online
#TScourses #KeepLearning
October 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🚨 Last call!
Bayesian phylogenetic inference with BEAST2
📅 October 27 th – November 7th, 2025
💻 Online
#TScourses #KeepLearning
Bayesian phylogenetic inference with BEAST2
📅 October 27 th – November 7th, 2025
💻 Online
#TScourses #KeepLearning
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Identifying the Big Questions in paleontology: a community-driven project: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Identifying the Big Questions in paleontology: a community-driven project | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core
Identifying the Big Questions in paleontology: a community-driven project
www.cambridge.org
October 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Identifying the Big Questions in paleontology: a community-driven project: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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The first #leech body #fossil predates estimated hirudinidan origins by 200 million years
peerj.com/articles/199...
@peerj.bsky.social #Annelida
peerj.com/articles/199...
@peerj.bsky.social #Annelida
October 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The first #leech body #fossil predates estimated hirudinidan origins by 200 million years
peerj.com/articles/199...
@peerj.bsky.social #Annelida
peerj.com/articles/199...
@peerj.bsky.social #Annelida