Super proud of Daniel Kim, whose paper on coevolutionary cycling and the evolution of virulence has just been published in @journal-evo.bsky.social. Daniel was in high school when he did this research and has just started his undergraduate degree @kebleoxford.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1093/evol...

Did you publish part of your PhD work in Evolution or Evolution Letters this year? You may be eligible for this award! Papers must have been included in a 2025 issue to be eligible. Apply by January 30: shorturl.at/CnVo6 @journal-evo.bsky.social @evolletters.bsky.social

I cannot believe our work is finally out there and in @journal-evo.bsky.social ! This was an enormous group effort! We provide an updated estimate of the number of buzz pollinated angiosperm species, genera, and families, look at consequences for diversification, number of transitions, and more!

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...

My latest paper, Cryptic female choice can maintain reproductive isolation, with @servedio.bsky.social and Suzanne Alonzo is now out in the October issue of @journal-evo.bsky.social ! (1/3) academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...

Very cool population genomic look into local adaptation against gene flow at a relatively small spatial scale, urban/rural gradients across metro Toronto, in this month's @journal-evo.bsky.social Signatures of selective sweeps in urban and rural white clover populations buff.ly/IfNhLx7

📜 Why are trade-offs often so elusive? Does the distribution of resources in a population affect if life history trade-offs emerge? We tested this experimentally in the Australian field cricket using a re-sampling approach. Now out #OpenAccess in @journal-evo.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1093/evol...

Out now on the cover of @journal-evo.bsky.social! Led by Sarah Khalil, we took a genomic approach to investigate the hybrid zone between different-colored Red-backed Fairywren subspecies. We found some interesting candidate genes under selection. Check it out! academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...

Editor's Choice article in our latest issue: "The genetic basis of natural variation in sociability " by Arteen Torabi-Marashi, Dania Daanish, Andrew M Scott, Reuven Dukas, & Ian Dworkin. academic.oup.com/evolut/artic... @idworkin.bsky.social

New paper on deep-sea fish diversity out now in @sse-evolution.bsky.social, with @cmartinez.bsky.social and @sarahtfried.bsky.social academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...

Very proud to see this work highlighted by the journal! Publishing in Evolution has always meant something special to me. Congrats to the first author Sylvain Pouzet who found the energy to keep on working on his master project during his PhD.

Don't miss this issue's Editor's Choice article: "Gene network topology drives the mutational landscape of gene expression" by Sylvain Pouzet & Arnaud Le Rouzic. Free to read here: doi.org/10.1093/evol...

Now out in the September issue of @journal-evo.bsky.social! - Pop-level thresholds between male/female development (Tpiv) correlate with mean incubation temps among species, but temp variability within species - Threshold variation within pops (TRT) is more complex and confounded by study design

Just published in @journal-evo.bsky.social: Different diets, different speciation rates in the most ecologically diverse family of mammals, the amazing Phyllostomidae 🦇 tinyurl.com/5xd3p3mz Para un pequeño resumen, ve las figuras 👇

Check out our new deer mouse paper @sse-evolution.bsky.social! A truly collaborative effort with @drgodwit.bsky.social, @mstager.bsky.social, and Zac Cheviron. academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...

Now seeking associate editors for 2026! AEs receive free membership in SSE and free registration to the annual Evolution meeting. Indicate your interest in this short form by September 30: forms.gle/JwAmeM4YV9Fv...

New Editor's Choice article: "Island biogeography and competition drive rapid venom complexity evolution across rattlesnakes" by Hirst et al. doi.org/10.1093/evol... @hirsticane.bsky.social @RamsesRosales11.bsky.social @marcabeer.bsky.social @jason-strickland.bsky.social @reptilerhett.bsky.social

New #bioacoustics article at @journal-evo.bsky.social on how bird songs evolved extreme sound frequencies, despite frequency-dependent constraints on sound amplitude. Paper here 📎: doi.org/10.1093/evol...

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Now seeking associate editors for 2026! AEs receive free membership in SSE and free registration to the annual Evolution meeting. Indicate your interest in this short form by September 30: forms.gle/JwAmeM4YV9Fv...

Cool new comparative analysis of giant worm sperm cells using electron microscopy, by recent PhD Rebecca Schalkowski! Evolution advance access @journal-evo.bsky.social #celegans #ecoevo doi.org/10.1093/evol...

Considering submitting to Evolution? The EELS program offers free, light-touch English language editing for prospective authors. Learn more: www.evolutionsociety.org/publications...

New articles are now available for Digests! Digests are short summary articles of Original Articles and Brief Communications. Learn how to submit a Digest and view available articles here: shorturl.at/kqYFC

Freshwater-associated alleles in the ancient genomes are consistently found at the haploblock containing EDA on Chr IV, in the known inversions, and on the X-chromosome early in the adaptation to freshwater.

'Ancient stickleback genomes reveal the early stages of parallel adaptation' - now published online in Evolution @journal-evo.bsky.social‬

💡Can we use network structure 🏁 to infer underlying genetics 🧬 of host – parasite coevolution? 🔎Find out in our new paper 🥳, published in the latest issue of @journal-evo.bsky.social 👇 academic.oup.com/evolut/artic... #Parasite #EvolutionaryBiology #MicrobialEvolution 1/2

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Online now! We supported ancestral omnivory and early evolved fruit feeding in the bat family Phyllostomidae by ancestral diet estimations using both discrete traits (multi-response threshold models) and continuous traits (Multivariate Brownian motion models). @journal-evo.bsky.social

New Evolution-Digest out! 🎉 Intergenomic discordance should reduce fitness, especially in older males. Well, @martingarlovsky.bsky.social et al., showed that it might not always be the case. 🪰 @sse-evolution.bsky.social

July Editor's Choice article: "Parental care drives the evolution of male reproductive accessory glands across ray-finned fishes" Lucas Eckert, Jessica S Miller, John L Fitzpatrick, Sigal Balshine, Benjamin M Bolker academic.oup.com/evolut/artic... @lucaseckert.bsky.social @bbolker.bsky.social

Sophie Buysse's paper on short stamen loss in Arabipsis is published in this month's Evolution issue!! academic.oup.com/evolut/artic... @journal-evo.bsky.social

So crazy to see my first ever publication on the cover of @journal-evo.bsky.social! Obviously it’s all thanks to Sigal, @bbolker.bsky.social, and our amazing coauthors Please check it out! Parental care drives the evolution of reproductive accessory glands in fishes: doi.org/10.1093/evol...

We are excited to welcome our new Handling Editor, Luis-Miguel Chevin. Thank you to our outgoing Handling Editor, Tim Connallon, for your excellent service. Please join us in thanking Tim and welcoming Luis-Miguel!

Fossil brain 🧠🧟 of a 45-million-year-old cetacean! We are proud to publish‪ @journal-evo.bsky.social l the result of Elena Berger’s Bachelor’s thesis @smnstuttgart.bsky.social. Thread 👇 ‬

📣 NEW PAPER! News from our group in @journal-evo.bsky.social ! The broom hare (Lepus castroviejoi) carries traces of multiple genomic ancestries, revealing a complex history of admixture in Iberia! Read more here ⬇️ doi.org/10.1093/evol...

How to interpret sexual selection using Bateman gradients? When are these not informative & how should researchers identify, deal with confounded gradients? We simulate anisogamy & sperm competition to provide a guide for using Bateman gradients. Out in Evolution academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...

Proofs are up for my latest pub in @journal-evo.bsky.social! It’s a big ol’ analysis of how sex-ratio reaction norms vary with local climates within and among turtle species with TSD. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1093/evol...

This issue's cover story and #EditorsChoice article: "Coevolution and the diversification of nestling ornamentation in a species-rich avian radiation" GA Jamie , GJ Huisman , RM Kilner , MD Sorenson , & CN Spottiswoode doi.org/10.1093/evol... @gabrielajamie.bsky.social‬

Why do nestling birds sometimes evolve elaborate ornamentation? Our paper in @journal-evo.bsky.social explores the evolution of nestling ornamentation in Estrildid finches: tinyurl.com/7aesm9u5 We find evidence that brood parasitism accelerates evolution of nestling ornamentation in this radiation.

My paper with @schmidmax.bsky.social and @charlesmullon.bsky.social is out in @journal-evo.bsky.social 🌟 doi.org/10.1093/evol... 🌟 We show how the effect of longevity on local adaptation, rather than being unidirectional, depends on the life cycle and how frequent selection is relative to dispersal

Congratulations to the two recipients of the 2025 SSE Presidents’ Award for Outstanding Dissertation Paper, Chase Brownstein and Jorja Burch! www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display... @journal-evo.bsky.social

This cool #speciation work characterizing many kinds of post-zygotic reproductive isolation despite undetectable pre-zygotic isolation is now out in @sse-evolution.bsky.social ! Great work by current Toronto grad students Maia Dall'Acqua and Amanda Peake #celegans doi.org/10.1093/evol...

The Virtual Evolution conference #Evolution2025 #Evol2025 is coming up May 29-30, with workshops May 28. We have registered attendees from over 40 countries, twice as many as the in-person conference. Most-represented nations are (in order), US, India, Canada, Brazil, and UK

Lots of excellent content in the upcoming virtual #evol2025, particularly for our student and postdoc members! Friday is the 2025 Mayr Competition, our signature early career award. Wednesday’s workshops, also geared at ECRs, have space available.

Virtual Evolution is almost here! 🎉 Workshops are tomorrow, with talks Thursday and Friday. Grab a cup of coffee, spend some quality time with the schedule: www.xcdsystem.com/evolution/pr... #Evol2025

"Wolff (2024) takes a comparative phylogenetic approach to study the evolution of dragline silk in 164 species of spiders, including both araneid and non-araneid species." New free-to-read #EvolutionDigest by S. Chakraborty: academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...

"Do weakly deleterious mutations contribute to the reproductive and health challenges of bottlenecked species?" New free-to-read #EvolutionDigest on Peers et al. (2025) by A. Ghader: academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...

"In a recent study, Valiya Parambil & Isvaran (2025) use an 11-year longitudinal dataset to investigate the environmental sensitivity of trait expression in variable environments at fine spatiotemporal scales." New #EvolutionDigest by OA Kompathoum & PW Kelly: academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...

Don't miss this issue's Open Access #EditorsChoice article: "Comparing rates of molecular and morphological evolution identifies multiple speciation trajectories in a diverse radiation of skinks" Rhiannon Schembri, Lindell Bromham, Craig Moritz, & Xia Hua. doi.org/10.1093/evol...