🚨 New paper! The first Cixiidae from the Jinju Formation (Republic of Korea) is now formally described! 📄 The first cixiid planthopper (Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Jinju Formation (Republic of Korea) doi.org/10.1016/j.as...

The only thing I really expect from academia is to have fun. 🎉 This paper is pure fun: it started with a BBQ brainstorming, turned into a project with friends, and ended with a super-talented friend making the cover photo. What a combo! 🔥📚📸 doi.org/10.1098/rspb... @mat-bod-evo-23.bsky.social

Plus de 300 millions d’années que les #cigales nous cassent les oreilles !!! Jolie étude chapeautée par @cocomacro.bsky.social doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

In Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 292(2054)20251133 #OpenAccess "Bayesian modelling of the fossil record enlightens the evolutionary history of Hemiptera" #bayésienBrownianBridge @mat-bod-evo-23.bsky.social ., Peng,A., Nel,A. @isyeb.mnhn.fr et al. ➡️ doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

Excited to share a new paper! "Sorting of ancestral polymorphism and its impact on morphological phylogenetics and macroevolution". Part of some work I've been doing on modelling the evolution of polymorphic traits in fossil echinoderms. academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...

The actual research article is #openaccess and free to read here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Exciting find from last year’s Maliau Basin (Borneo) collections—a specimen of the rare ant genus Ishakidris! 🐜✨

The 2025-26 Eco-Evo job list is out. Good luck to those applying! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Paru dans #Annales_de_la_Société_entomologique_de_France (N.S) 1-7 #Full_Access "Le troisième Asilidae (Diptera : Asiloidea) de l’ambre du Kachin du Crétacé moyen" Miquel,M., Jouault,C., Huang,D., & Nel,A. @isyeb.mnhn.fr #n.gen. #n.sp. #assassin_fly #taxonomy #diversity 🪰 doi.org/10.1080/0037...

Thrilled to see my first PhD paper finally out in @pnas.org !!! We investigated the macroevolutionary dynamics of South American #Mammals across the Eocene-Oligocene Transition (~34 millions of years ago) 🦥❄️ www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Do you use Darwin Tree of Life (DToL) genomes for your work or grant applications? If so, can you please fill out this form? docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... We are gathering info on how DToL genomes are used. It will help us raise money to continue producing publicly available high-quality genomes.

Here’s a second, ridiculous litter monster ant (Myrmoteras sp.) from leaf litter samples in a secondary forest in Borneo, this time a much better photo. It has eyes which look like they might cry any time soon…

New paper in @commsbio.bsky.social using @gbif.org mediated data: Phylogenetic history and temperature adaptation contribute to structural and functional stability of proteins in marine mollusks #CiteTheDOI: ❌ https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-07881-8

Do you love #fossil plants? Are you searching for a #PhD position? I am recruiting a doctoral student to join my group at the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt/M! Deadline on the 11th of May #paleobotany #paleontology #plants #botany www.senckenberg.de/en/career/sc...

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🐜🐜🐜Fans of Myrmicinae! New paper in Syst Biol in collaboration with C. Rabeling🐜🐜🐜 doi.org/10.1093/sysb...

Notre article sur la délimitation des espèces de tatous du genre Dasypus est désormais publié dans Systematic Biology (doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syae027) officialisant ainsi le tatou à long museau de Guyane (Dasypus guianensis) comme une nouvelle espèce endémique du plateau des Guyanes

In @currentbiology.bsky.social #OpenAccess "The radiation of Hymenoptera illuminated by Bayesian inferences from the fossil record" By @cocomacro.bsky.social @morethanadodo.bsky.social Legendre, F. @isyeb.mnhn.fr et al. #flowering_plants #macroevolution #paleoenvironment ➡️ doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

Cool paper by @cocomacro.bsky.social et al. showing the diverse diversification history of hymenoptera in the fossil record! doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... #macroevolution #evolution #paleobiology @morethanadodo.bsky.social

Out now in @pnas.org , we study the recovery dynamics of biodiversity across the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction. We quantify how species-area relationships – how diversity scales with geographic area – have changed for dinosaurs, mammals and others: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

So excited to see this paper finally out! Part of the Paleobiology 50th anniversary issue, we cover the history of the field, morphometrics, morphospaces, new approaches to evolutionary models & disparity, incorporating climate, the importance of fossils & more. Check it out! doi.org/10.1017/pab....

Phyloformer is finally published in MBE! 🎉 academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-... The thread below provides a summary of our neural network for likelihood-free phylogenetic reconstruction.

Almost there! 👉Plant pollination by insects from the Cretaceous ambers. PhD dissertation by Constanza Peña-Kairath in one week! @irbio-ub.bsky.social @amberia-team.bsky.social 📅 19th of March ⏰ 15:00 hours 📍Facultat Ciències de la Terra, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

Thinking about flipping your journal to Diamond OA? Check out this guide from the Netherlands' Diamond Expertise Centre buff.ly/0lVMMq2 FYI, PCI is mentioned there too 😉 #OpenAccess #AcademicPublishing

Evolution and genetic adaptation of fishes to the deep sea Xu et al. 2025 Cell Generated genome assemblies of 11 deep-sea species ... found pervasive impact of human activities, including presence of persistent organic pollutants in species from the Mariana Trench www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Hemiptera, the fifth most diverse insect order, have often been overlooked in macroevolutionary studies. In this study, the authors analyse its fossil record and show that global flora changes through time shaped the evolution of hemipteran insects. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Postdoc on stegosaurs with Roger Benson at the AMNH careers.amnh.org/postings/4384

New paper out ✍️ in @commsbio.bsky.social: Diversification and extinction of Hemiptera in deep time with my friends Mathieu Boderau and André Nel www.nature.com/articles/s42... @isyeb.mnhn.fr @isyebsp.mnhn.fr @morethanadodo.bsky.social

City toads vs country toads, who's the toughest? 🐸 See our latest study, now published! 🎉 By comparing the morphology of common toads (Bufo bufo) across 4 different habitats, we found that toads don’t quite look the same…🔍 Link 👉 : link.springer.com/article/10.1... @anthony-herrel.bsky.social

New paper out ✍️ : Discovery of a new anaxyelid wasp (Hymenoptera: Anaxyelidae) in mid-Cretaceous Kachin Amber with @nozomuoyama.bsky.social tinyurl.com/46mrmxtv @morethanadodo.bsky.social

New @erc.europa.eu funded #ConvergeAnt preprint on using the evolution of pseudogenes to document the parallel regression of oral anatomy in myrmecophagous mammals posted at @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The Great and Small display showcasing the variety in sizes amongst arthropods was one of the first cases unveiled as part of our on-going Life, As We Know It re-display project. This work was part of the first major overhaul to permanent displays in over 25 years.

How many people does it take to install a very large Japanese Spider Crab? Well… it seems seven can do in a pinch!

🚨 New Paper Alert! 🚨 🐜 How did ants evolve their highly specialized queens and workers? With @adriatica.bsky.social, we reveal a key evolutionary innovation: adult control over larval feeding unlocked extreme caste dimorphism and complex societies. 🧵👇 🔗 Read in @pnas.org: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

How many insects can you see in this photo? Believe it or not, there are five. This termite alate fell victim to four perfectly camouflaged assassin bug nymphs (Reduvius tarsatus) Their bodies are covered with minute setae that trap grains of sand and various debris, making them virtually disappear.

I’m super happy to have a great part of my PhD work (under the wonderful supervision of C. Libourel @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social & @maximebonhomme.bsky.social) now out in @naturegenet.bsky.social ! Here’s a little thread (1/18) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We’re hiring again! Our new Leader Systematic Botany role at Botanic Gardens of Sydney is an exciting opportunity to join a vibrant, diverse, and inclusive team of 15 scientists working on systematics, phylogenomics, and macroevolution of the Australian flora. iworkfor.nsw.gov.au/job/leader-s...

Just a girl and her bundle of baby clones she's wearing like an ass turban 🥹 My population of Schizomida (parthenogenic tailless whipscorpions) are so happy in their box of dirt. As always, tending a box of dirt is such a good decision and I recommend it.

Our new paper on taxonomy of Lebinthini in J. Orthoptera Research #OpenAccess: Lutinthus gen nov, Diablotinthus gen nov and Gnominthus hihilai sp. nov.: 2 new genera + 3 new sp of fairy-folk crickets from New Guinea doi.org/10.3897/jor.34.131932 with MK. Tan & C. Rhamadi @mnhn.fr @isyeb.mnhn.fr

Job Alert: Senior Research Associate in Phylogenomics @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social researching timing, sequence and phenotypic consequences of rediploidisation following whole genome duplication - comparative genomics, molecular clock and phenotypic disparity methods, with @jameswclark.bsky.social

How do complex social behaviors evolve and shape species' success? Here doi.org/10.1038/s420... we reveal how a key social behavior in ants - mouth-to-mouth food sharing #trophallaxis - emerged as ants opportunistically exploited new ecological niches as terrestrial environments changed.

🥳 HAPPY IGUANODON DAY! 🥳 It was the 2nd dinosaur scientifically named & described, & presented to the Royal Society 200 years ago today! It’s 1 of 3 animals upon which the group ‘Dinosauria’ itself was first based 💪 Visit OUMNH to see more on this fantastic #dinosaur! @morethanadodo.bsky.social

New @erc.europa.eu funded #ConvergeAnt paper on phylogenetics and transcriptomics of chitinase gene repertoires in convergent ant-eating mammals finally published in @genomebiolevol.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/gbe/...

A postdoc opportunity to work on Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) functional genomics with me, @jadrankarota.bsky.social and @chriswheat.bsky.social in Lund, Sweden. We aim to leverage the amazing amount of data being generated by @projectpsyche.bsky.social and DToL projects. lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

I am happy to announce that I will be starting an Emmy Noether group in March at the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt, working on the macroevolution and biogeography of fossil plants. I am already looking for a doctoral student (ad below!) and will be looking for another one soon, so stay tuned!

The #Eurytomidae UCE phylogeny that I've been working on in the past few years is now out as a preprint. By using museum samples at NMNH and CIRAD, we generated the first global phylogeny of this diverse but poorly studied #Chalcidoidea family. 🧪 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

If you're a non-UK scientist who wants to come to the UK for a postdoc, this year's Newton Fellowships are now open. You'll need a lab to host you (which could be me, but truly, could be any PI, so get in touch with someone you'd like to work with!) royalsociety.org/grants/newto...

New paper out ✍️: Evolutionary changes in the ovipositor shape of xyelid sawflies (Hymenoptera: Xyelidae) revealed by early fossils academic.oup.com/isd/article-...

New paper out ✍️ : A new Archipsocidae (Psocodea: Psocomorpha) from the middle Miocene Zhangpu amber, China tinyurl.com/y9v7ty4r @morethanadodo.bsky.social