New paper out suggests there are a LOT more species of insects in the world. Their estimate: 20.3 million species, of which we have described 5% 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

A type of natural selection known as negative frequency dependent selection is thought to be a major force promoting genetic diversity in important traits. Read research in a new issue of #PhilTransB: buff.ly/bOhpNlE

Inspiring plenary talk on variation in water striders by Abdou Khila at the EuroEvoDevo conference in Glasgow. #EED2026

NEWS: The ERC Scientific Council has listened to the concerns from members of the research community about changes to the re-submission rules, intended to manage the surge in demand for grants. The Scientific Council will readjust some of the changes: link.europa.eu/TBqRQJ

Quand une maladie inventée piège l’intelligence artificielle et s’invite dans une revue médicale A lire sur 'Réalités Biomédicales' www.lemonde.fr/realites-bio...

📰 La France doit privilégier la conservation des #pollinisateurs plutôt que l’utilisation des #pesticides Cette lettre publiée dans la revue @science.org et rédigée par un consortium d’écologues est une incitation à refuser l’usage de deux #néonicotinoïdes #Duplomb 👉 iees-paris.fr/science-la-f...

Just discovered the wonderful covers of 'Genes to Cells', the journal of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan @mbsj-official.bsky.social – absolutely beautiful! here some examples inspired by mitosis, CRISPR, the DNA helix, and plant pigments

We've got ISSUES. Literally. We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do? arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563 A 🧵 1/n

Great new study about the loss of a colour morph in Common Wall Lizards (Podarcis muralis) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Human long-distance runners struggle with dehydration after losing 2% body mass, but common lizards still run well after losing 30% of their body mass. However, cold (20C) lizards are only half as fast as 35C lizards, so temperature impacts them more journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

How iNaturalist, a citizen-science platform, led to the rediscovery of a species thought to be extinct. These platforms are powerful tools for the monitoring of biodiversity. www.cell.com/current-biol...

🦣🧬🦣🤯💥We are pleased to share our new paper about ancient RNA expression profiles from the Woolly Mammoth, now published in Cell @cellpress.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... If you want to know more, read the 🧵 below:

Researchers immunized an alpaca and a llama with snake venoms, and combined some of the antibodies produced into a potent cocktail go.nature.com/47LQB8d

Nice video clip about one of our amazing study species. Those locomotory abilities are incredible! youtu.be/CrXqqX-ta5I

Two large Beetles (Coleoptera) that can be found in Portugal. Always an impressive sight!

This stinkbug makes an alliance with a fungus to fight its enemy, a parasitic wasp. An evolutionary arms race taken to the next level. www.science.org/content/arti...

We are also deeply saddened that the Madeiran Large White, Pieris wollastoni, is now officially extinct: it was last seen in 1986. The full report can be downloaded here www.bc-europe.eu/documents/68...

Safe to say that this cricket (Sphingonotus imitans) is right in its habitat. The precision of camouflage will never cease to amaze me.

This article is a couple of years old but still worth sharing given the spectacular diversity of phasmid eggs. Impressive! www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

Quite interesting! journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

We’re offering a fully funded 4 yr PhD position to work on Sexual selection in complex environments at the @uv.es. Co-supervised by @dbergerbiol.bsky.social. Find details below 👇

Beautiful photos and short videos here! www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

If you want to walk on water, it helps to have fancy feet.

Caudal fins show great variation in shape between diverse fish species. New research reveals that #developmental cues in embryonic tissues involving the Sonic hedgehog pathway imprint fin #morphology, highlighting a critical window for modulating appendage morphology. 🧪 plos.io/4mydLnA

"While present in all mammals, the HAR123 enhancer rapidly evolved since humans diverged from chimpanzees. Human HAR123 uniquely regulates many genes involved in neural differentiation. HAR123-knockout mice exhibit impaired cognitive flexibility & shifts in neural-glia ratios in the hippocampus." 👇🧪

Introducing "The SORTEE Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology" The first standardised set of data editor guidelines. Led by SORTEE with input from numerous data editors across ecology and evolution. 🔗 doi.org/10.32942/X24...

The appearance of large language models caused a drastic shift in the vocabulary of academic writing, according to an analysis in #ScienceAdvances of more than 15 million biomedical abstracts published from 2010 to 2024. Learn more:

Larry Richardson appeared to be an early-career mathematician with potential, racking up more than 130 citations in 4 years. It would all be rather remarkable—if the studies weren’t complete gibberish. And if Larry wasn’t a cat. #InternationalCatDay scim.ag/4lg3wTp

Latest paper elifesciences.org/articles/107... closes an important cycle in our efforts to study regeneration: week-long recordings allow us to observe the behaviour of cells during the entire course of regeneration in a crustacean leg – bright objects in movie are fluorescent nuclei of cells. 1/6

"Behavior drives morphological change during human evolution" Our new article is out in @science.org today www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Podcast intéressant sur le deuil chez les animaux

Policarpo et al. analyse 535 genomes to study opsin evolution across ray-finned fishes. Visual opsins are more prone to duplications and losses than nonvisual opsins; fish that rely on electroreception show a reduction in both opsin types. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf129 #genome #evolution #opsins

Very nice study shows that hidden achromatic colours play a big role in plumage colour variation! #colsci www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A brain signature for optimism but not for pessimism www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Why do treehoppers look so weird?! Our latest paper, out this week in @pnas.org, suggests a perhaps unexpected reason - static electricity ⚡ We show that treehoppers can detect the electrostatic cues of predators and that their crazy shapes may boost their electrosensitivity! doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

This book is a mix of science and history as it relates how British naturalists from the XIX century witnessed the extinction of the Great Auk, which largely contributed to the realisation that humans could drive species towards extinction.

📢 We are recruiting! Several projects are available and can be tailored to the candidate's profile. Most include confocal imaging/spatial OMICs technologies. Please share and RT 🙏

Thrilled to see our revised preprint now published in Nature Ecology & Evolution! If you’re curious about how to build a bat wing by re-using existing gene programs, check out the link or the tutorial below. Big congratulations to all co-authors!! Thanks to reviewers! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Nice new study on skin colour in ancient Europe. Interesting to see how recent is the emergence of light skin. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Hardly a surprise but yet another piece of evidence showing how social inequities translate into biological phenomena. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Creatures from the garden...

Our #study finds that #male #dominance isn't the norm among #primates, and starts to unravel what shapes flexibility in intersexual power paper (OA) https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2500405122 press release https://www.mpg.de/24986976/0630-evan-beyond-the-alpha-male-150495-x?c=2249

Here, John Green explores how tuberculosis was perceived in past societies, and then tries to understand why it is still the deadliest infectious disease even though it is treatable and curable.

New preprint: we advertise DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly eco-evo-archaeo journals. 1/6 #AcademicPublishing #ecoevo #archaeology #EthicalPublishing #SocietyJournals #DiamondOpenAccess doi.org/10.32942/X24...

🔊 Presenting the first range-and genome-wide population genomic analysis of grey seals! 🦭🌐 3812 nuclear SNPs genotyped in 188 samples from 17 sites identified 6 distinct populations and historic bottlenecks with ongoing recovery effects 🧪🌊 @au.dk doi.org/10.1111/mec.... #Science #marineecology

👀Behind the paper!👀 🌙Théo Bodineau discusses the impact of nocturnal warming on breeding and gestation in lizards, the challenges of caring for them, and transitioning from medical school to ecology🦎 Read it here👇 functionalecologists.com/2025/06/26/i... 🧪🌍

Every few minutes, a dragonfly dives into water and takes off again, turning several forward somersaults as it ascends. The purpose of the behavior? The quick dip cools the insect down, and the loop-the-loops help it dry off by flicking away the water. Learn more during #InsectWeek: scim.ag/40mKKBI

Ideas of books about science www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Great new paper by two journal editors providing a roadmap for effective statistical reporting – fantastic resource for students in any ecological field. academic.oup.com/fisheries/ad...

A few shots to celebrate pollinators' week!