New paper out from @hoehna.bsky.social Lab, led by the brilliant @bjorntko.bsky.social! We applied the Pesto software (Kopperud & Höhna, 2025) to look at lineage-specific shifts in diversification rate on large, densely-sampled phylogenies across the Tree of Life doi.org/10.1093/evle...

Our new paper is now out showing how time perception in animals is linked to their ecology. Using data from 237 species we show temporal perception is faster in species that fly and pursuit predators www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🌐

We know that marine fishes 🐠 have an inverse gradient of speciation compared to that of spp richness, with higher speciation at higher latitudes. But, what about freshwater 🐟? Find out in the new PhD paper by Juliana Herrera-Pérez and friends (not just colleagues) 🤿 👇 shorturl.at/zgKfA

Our new paper revealing major patterns of diversification across the Tree of Life is here! doi.org/10.1093/evle... Congratulations to @bjorntko.bsky.social for leading this ambitious effort, it was a pleasure to contribute alongside @acapomorphic.bsky.social, @hoehna.bsky.social & Luis Palazzesi.

Our new paper 'A covarion model for phylogenetic estimation using discrete morphological datasets,' is out in SysBio! We introduce the "covariomorph" model in RevBayes to capture character and lineage specific rates of morphological traits. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/sysb...

Three of the largest UKRI research councils - MRC, BBSRC and EPSRC confirm they have suspended several of their main funding routes until further notice, amid mounting concerns for curiosity-driven research www.timeshighereducation.com/news/three-u... via @jgro-the.bsky.social

Let's look at some numbers 2022: 7 044 applications submitted. 17.9 % success rate 2023: 8 039 applications submitted. 15.8 % success rate 2024: 10 360 applications submitted. 16.6 % success rate 2025: 17 058 applications submitted (record high). 9.7% success rate (preliminary numbers).

This 65-year-old British grandma was visiting Yellowstone. She entered the US legally, had a valid tourist visa. Never had a run-in with the law in her life. ICE detained her, shackled her, locked her in a windowless prison for six weeks. Pure evil. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

It’s a great pleasure to be part of organising committee to this amazing event! Last registrations left and online registration are open for attending keynote sessions! Hurry up 🐥🥳

Study on the diversification of jaw shape in pelagiarian/scombriform fishes led by @knapprew.bsky.social out in Evolution Letters as Editor's Choice. Gorgeous trichiuroid render by co-author @sternarchella.bsky.social nabbed the cover! Open access: academic.oup.com/evlett/artic...

Upcoming book on ecology and evolution of Amazonian fishes, edited by @gymnotus.bsky.social and Roberto Reis. link.springer.com/book/9783032...

Our paper on the mysterious Devonian organism Prototaxites has now finally been published! See the paper here (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...) and our explainer thread below! Prototaxites reconstruction by Matt Humpage

My God, another shooting by ICE, another person dead in Minneapolis. This is outrageous. None of this is necessary. It is a choice, by Donald Trump, to send thousands of masked agents into a major American city and brutalize people on the streets. No honest real American can stand for this.

New paper alert! Third chaper of my dissertation is finally out in the world - read about how seed dispersal networks reassemble in the Chocó here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New paper in press on a Late Devonian fossil plant assemblage from Australia, with lycopsids (Leptophloeum), cladoxylopsids (Denglongia), and progymnosperm (Archaeopteris/Callixylon) remains 🌿⛏️ #paleobotany #FossilFriday doi.org/10.1016/j.pa...

🚨New paper in Zoology 🐟 Led by Dr Myoung-Hoon Ha, we show how tuna and marlin olfactory systems are shaped by hydrodynamic flow, revealing shared pelagic adaptations and species-specific solutions to life at speed. Congrats Dr Ha! 🎓👏 doi.org/10.1016/j.zo... #FunctionalMorphology #SensoryBiology

I am excited to announce that I have accepted a position to serve as a lecturer of zoology at Bowie State University! I am thrilled to have the opportunity to combine teaching and undergraduate research experiences in zoology, paleontology, and ecology.

Our manuscript is now out in @royalsocietypublishing.org! We tested hypotheses that Cenozoic climatic change influenced the evolution of the cranial, appendicular, & axial skeleton in carnivorans. @tsengzj.bsky.social @hlusko.bsky.social 🧵 1/n royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

I'm quite happy with this paper - I think it's a relatively accessible read, and includes our most advanced track simulations yet. Thanks to everyone at Palaeontology for making such a nice paper. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

If you’re interested in extinction risk, please check out our new paper in @science.org led by my former PhD student Cooper: www.science.org/doi/full/10....

Believe your own eyes and ears. Trust your own soul. Watch this video and decide for yourself whether this woman was such a threat that she had to be shot and killed a few seconds later. youtube.com/shorts/xy3ae...

I just signed - consider signing if you work or have worked in Greenland “We hope many U.S.-based researchers in Greenland …will join us in signing this letter to… call upon our elected representatives to vocally support Greenland’s right to self-governance”. forms.gle/csef7uCnU11y...

In shock to hear that Richard Forrest passed this morning. What a guy. I've met few people as enthusiastic about fossils. He had a whole life, whole career, outside of the academic world but made huge contributions to scholarship. And was so kind and welcoming to everyone. RIP.

The German research foundation @dfg.de allows AI assisting its review processes. Another way of reducing the massive unpaid workload in these processes is to decrease the length of proposal to focus on the most important parts (e.g. 5 (?) pages of state of the art isn't important).

PhD on Begonia speciation at RBGE/Glasgow! Looking at the genomics of reproductive isolation and how fast it evolves - is it the reason this is one of the largest genera of flowering plants? www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Festive update on chondrichthyan jaw evolution: Evolution of chondrichthyan jaw morphology, from ecological generalists to specialists, led by Ben Griffin, with help from @evopalaeo.bsky.social @euphanerops.bsky.social @emilyrayfield.bsky.social Pablo Milla Carmona and Zerina Johanson

When and where for Botanical University Challenge #BUC2026? Online 11, 18 & 25 February to select semifinalists from all the teams. Then finals 19 August live at University of Reading. Also 4th Student Botany Festival to 21 August, open to all members of #BUC2026 teams. @drmgoeswild.bsky.social

Our paper re-evaluating the notosuchian Eremosuchus elkoholicus is out now! This work formed a chapter of my PhD thesis, and sheds some light on the complex evolutionary history of sebecid crocodyliforms 🐊🌎 @es-ucl.bsky.social

Don't forget to check out our recent contribution to the journal where @palaeostephan.bsky.social and I worked out the bite force of the Rancor from Star Wars! jgeekstudies.org/2025/03/08/i...

As an early Christmas gift, @journal-evo.bsky.social accepted @kenstoyama.bsky.social and my paper on macroevolutionary patterns of ornament evolution in birds of paradise! 🦚 Check it out here: academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...

✨📣 Exciting news! 📣✨ I’m thrilled to share that I’ll be taking on the role of Publicity Officer for the Palaeontological Association (@the_palass ) for the next three years 🦖🦕 ✨📣 Exciting news! 📣✨ 📷 Thanks to Andrej Spiridonov for the #photo #position #role #PalAss25

🚨 Pre-announcement! 🚨 We’re hiring for 2 x two-year, full-time roles to join me and the wider @palaeoverse.bsky.social team @es-ucl.bsky.social. - Research Software Engineer (REF: B04-06999): lnkd.in/eNRBiPnP - Community Engagement Coordinator (REF: B04-06998): lnkd.in/ejUACCzn

Looks like flu is wave is likely to be "normal bad" shifted earlier and not bigger this year after all. Latest hospital data came out this afternoon.

Out now: latest addition to the Grande volume! Guang-Hui Xu reevaluates Guizhoubrachysomus from the Middle Triassic of southern China. Interpreted as a "luganoiid" in the past, this work argues Guizhoubrachysomus is instead an early dapediid, a group most famous from Jurassic deposits of Europe.

🪨💥🌎🦖🦕 What were dinosaurs up to before the asteroid hit? In the latest @thefossilfiles.bsky.social, @tweetisaurus.bsky.social and I sit down with @stevebrusatte.bsky.social to talk about new insights from New Mexico, out now on YouTube or where ever you get your podcasts youtu.be/l4Q6ifORvVY?...

First PhD paper out!🎉 Dive in here to see how past frugivores and present human pressure jointly shape seed size distributions on Madagascar: doi.org/10.1111/ele.... Huge thanks to Alexander Zizka and my supervisor Renske Onstein @renskeonstein.bsky.social . Excited to keep going on this journey!

Very proud of @acabral-bio.bsky.social and @yuansoup.bsky.social for defending their PhD theses at Leipzig Uni. Both experts in #frugivory, and #trait-based #ecology and #evolution! @idiv-research.bsky.social

My newest paper and 1st chapter from the PhD is also officially out! I test how random encounter models work on reef fish 🐠Also great for anyone with a healthy dose of scepticism about reef fish survey methods *Contains one of the most painful tables I've ever written. doi.org/10.1111/2041...

It’s reached that time of year again where I gently suggest you hang on to your manuscripts and submit them early in 2026. Otherwise they’re likely to just sit on a virtual to do list for the next 3 weeks sending auto-reminders to editors/reviewers. 🎄

Does anyone know any current or former recipients of an SNF mobility grant based in Germany? I'd be grateful for any leads!

#PalAss25 kicked of yesterday with our #ERC workshop! Three absolutely fantastic talks and panel discussion with expert speakers on academic publishing, grants and funding applications along with applying for jobs.

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...

I'm recruiting a Ph.D. student for Fall 2026. Interested in comparative studies and trait evolution in fishes? Send me an email with a CV and research interests. Please take a look at my website (jcorush.github.io ) for more information about my research. #hybridization #minnows #mudskippers

Good article from @liberalcurrents.com on how hundreds of millions, including many of us alive and reading this, will live nastier lives and die sooner and more painful deaths due to cuts in biomedical research in the USA www.liberalcurrents.com/medical-rese...

🚨Two funded PhDs on the evolutionary ecology of antipredator colouration 🦋 with myself and Iliana Medina. One in Swansea tinyurl.com/4thtbph6 deadline Jan 12th @crocus-dla.bsky.social The other in Melbourne - deadline Jan 1st Please share among potential students!

Check out this new paper in the Frontiers of Biogeography, the flagship journal of @biogeography.bsky.social, on historical distribution and habitat of American chestnut by Joyce Klaus & Nathan Klaus. And as always - support our society by publishing with us! biogeography.pensoft.net/article/1619...

Deadline soon (end of Nov) for this PhD position in evolutionary genomics/bioinformatics in my group.

Please consider supporting this petition to save the Centre for Palaeobiology and Biosphere Evolution at the University of Leicester. Leicester palaeontologists have made huge contributions to the field, including identifying the first Ediacaran fossils and the conodont animal! tinyurl.com/t3zesk88

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.

Thread on today's paper, which is 3/4 from my dissertation on the evolution of fishes and using morphological data for phylogenetic analyses. Come with me, on a journey on phylogenetics and fishes. anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...