On May 28 at 08:00 hrs UTC, @steve-kambouris.bsky.social will be speaking on assessing replicability in ecology and evolution for SORTEE's workshop and webinar series! Register here: events.humanitix.com/sortee-webin... ✨

📣📣 The 12th European Paleobotany and Palynology Congress will take place September 20-24 in Münster 🇩🇪 🌿⛏️ Abstract submission will be opened from mid-April to May 31. All the information is now online here: www.uni-muenster.de/GeoPalaeonto... #paleobotany #palynology #palaeobotany

We are launching the Biodiversity Futures Working Groups. The call supports small, focused synthesis groups addressing frontier questions in biodiversity science. We welcome proposals from researchers at any career stage. Deadline: 30 June 2026, 23:00 CET www.maraujolab.eu/2026/05/09/2...

Last week, several of our team got together @ucl.ac.uk to map out some exciting new ideas and plans to support the palaeontological community. We’ve got a lot in the works thanks to @softwaresaved.bsky.social’s Research Software Maintenance Fund. Stay tuned over the next few months to find out more.

New blog post! 🚨 In the last blog, Senior Editor Natalie Cooper wrote about how to organise a Hackathon. In this second part, she provides an example from the BES Data and Code Hackathon we ran in September 2025 🌍 🧪 💻️ Read the blog here👇 buff.ly/SmYEgiu

🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series - TODAY, 15:00UTC🚨 Joseph Flannery-Sutherland @joeflansan.bsky.social will be joining us with his talk: "Cleaning taxonomy, time, and their messy interactions with the fossilbrush R package". Sign up here if you haven't already: bit.ly/palaeoverse-...

🚨 New Blog Post! Methods in Ecology and Evolution senior editor Natalie cooper discusses the logistics and challenges of running a hackathon🖥️ 🌐 Read the blog here: buff.ly/CrL608A

We're hiring a Research Technician at the University of Vigo! 🇪🇸 Join the BENEDICTS project and help us build a database of benthic foraminifera to better understand how marine ecosystems have changed over time. 🔗 secretaria.uvigo.gal/uv/web/convo...

🚨 Out today: our Editorial in @jvertpaleo.bsky.social on an important issue in science - the reproducibility crisis in phylogenetic analyses. In it, we analyze several years of editorial data to ask a simple question: are things improving? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨 🗓️30th April 2026, 15:00 UTC🗓️ Join us next week for a talk by Joseph Flannery-Sutherland @joeflansan.bsky.social from University of Birmingham, on “Cleaning taxonomy, time, and their messy interactions with the fossilbrush R package” 💻 bit.ly/palaeoverse-...

The deadline for #BESMacro2026 registration (if you'd like to present) is rapidly approaching! Come hang out with us in Reading in July! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bes-macro-...

⏰ Abstract Submission Deadline: 16th April ⏰ Don’t miss the opportunity to present your work at the ProgPal 2026 conference! 🦖✨ 🔗 More info: palass.org/progressive-... 📌 Poster ⚡ Lightning Talk 🎤 Full Talk 🌟 Keynote Speaker #conference #ProgPal2026 #palaeontology

⏳ 8 days left! Register + submit your abstract for #EAVP2026 now 👇 eavp2026.weebly.com/registration... and a REMINDER --> 💸 Grants available (€200 + fees) 📅 Deadline: 20 April 2026

This year's programme for the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival is now online at fossilfestival.com! A weekend packed with all sorts of events - talks, walks, displays and demos. I'll be there talking about #MaryAnning, of course, and leading a walk around the places she knew well. Hope to see you there!

📢 Content submissions for the 6th SORTEE Conference (13-14 Oct 2026) are now OPEN #SORTEE2026 Submit your proposal for an unconference, hackathon or workshop by June 7th via sortee.org/upcoming SORTEE members can attend for free. Join us sortee.org/join/

📢 Early Career Researchers, this one is for you 📌 Paleobiology is accepting proposals for special issues. 🐭🐌 Submissions on all fossil organism groups and trace fossils are welcome. 🐾 For more information: cambridge.org/core/journals/paleobiology/call-for-proposals

Postdoc in Macroevolution - Deadline April 12th - Join a team of Stuttgart botanists & myself to test drivers of Angiosperm diversification! Fully open process Submit cover letter, CV, 3 referees & publication list in a single PDF to [email protected] + 3 key papers (if possible) as PDF

‼️🚨 Job Alert ‼️ 🚨 Two Post Doc Opportunities: PDRA in Macroecology / Paleobiology my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... PDRA in Extinction & Conservation / Paleobiology my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... Any questions, please get in touch! Closing date May 1st.

📢 Paper alert! Excited to share the first publication of my PhD!😁 We analysed fossil occurrences of the last 23 Ma to understand how geographic range change relates to extinction risk.🌍🐚🪸🦈 Keen to learn more? Here is the paper: 👉 dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb....

Hi all. I am very excited that after 6 years I finally got my phylogenetic comparative methods book and online exercises online. Feel free to use and share. The book is here: nhcooper123.github.io/pcm-primer/. Note that it is not finished, we had to abandon it before the sunk costs fallacy broke us

Submit your proposals for our new special feature! It aims to examine time-dependency in evolution across scales, exploring empirical evidence, methodological challenges, and statistical frameworks for detecting and interpreting rate variation over time 🌍 🧪 Find out more👉https://buff.ly/dgxI6YD

🔊SAVE THE DATE for our 6th SORTEE conference: 13-14th Oct 2026! Registration & content submission (unconferences, hackathons, workshops) will open soon. Keep an👁️on sortee.org/upcoming/ #SORTEE2026 To join the mailing list for conference updates, click: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The SORTEE guidelines for data and code quality control in ecology and evolutionary biology are now published in the Peer Community Journal! 🔗 peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10....

Next week I’ll be talking about how FAIR data enables open, reproducible paleontology, and how MorphoBank V4 is helping make that possible. If you're thinking about open science, data reuse, or the future of paleontological data, I would love for you to join the conversation.

🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨 🗓️26th March 2026, 15:00 UTC🗓️ Join us next week for a talk by Brooke Long-Fox @brooke-long-fox.bsky.social from Phoenix Bioinformatics, on “Building open, reproducible palaeontology: a practical introduction to FAIR data and MorphoBank” 💻 bit.ly/palaeoverse-...

I’m looking for a post doc (up to five years) interested in phylogenetics and earth systems - please spread the word!

🤓 New M.Sc. program: Earth System Dynamics & Evolution 🤓 fau-earth-system-science.github.io starting October 2026! PostDoc positions available

Data- and code-archiving in the British Ecological Society journals: present status and recommendations for future improvements doi.org/10.32942/X26...

Last Wednesday we ran a workshop at VCWAP! A great opportunity to discuss how open science can help build and support our scientific communities 👩‍💻♻️

📢 Including fossil tips in your phylogeny can double your continuous trait model fitting accuracy! Updated preprint out now on @ecoevorxiv.bsky.social. 🔗 doi.org/10.32942/X27... with @pedrolgodoy.bsky.social @macroecoevoale.bsky.social and @bethanyjallen.bsky.social

🚨New preprint out @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social (under review elsewhere!) 🧵 No global collapse of food webs across the Permian–Triassic Mass Extinction (PTME) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨 🗓️26th February 2026, 15:00 UTC🗓️ Join us next week for our next instalment, given by Dr Natalie Cooper @nhcooper123.bsky.social from Natural History Museum, London, on “Hack-a-thons: what, why and how to run them” 💻 Register here: bit.ly/palaeoverse-...

🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨 We are very excited to share our next four talks in the Series 🥳 We are looking forward to hearing from @nhcooper123.bsky.social, @brooke-long-fox.bsky.social, Joseph Flannery-Sutherland and @alexh-palaeo.bsky.social! Sign up now at bit.ly/palaeoverse-...

🚨 Hot off the press: Our look into of the palaeontological database landscape and its sustainability into the future. Palaeo databases are invaluable and continue to transform our research field - but they are vulnerable... (1/6) 🧪 ⛏️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🤔Looking to make your #code more #reproducible? Check out our new and improved guide to Reproducible Code! 🧪🌍️ Find it here👇️ buff.ly/10TeNok @nhcooper123.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org

This #FossilFriday I am delighted to share a postdoctoral position that we @deeptimeecology.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social are advertising on early animal evolution in the #Ediacaran. www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...

[blog] Paleontology R Packages to Benefit from Software Sustainability Institute Grant 🎉 🦴 Palaeoverse is a grassroots organization that develops R packages for paleontology (The Palaeoverse toolkit). 🐊🦕🌿🪸🦑 Will Gearty and The Palaeoverse Team are excited to announce funding from the Software […]

📢 Abstract submission for IPC7 is now open! We invite researchers to submit their abstracts through our web 📅 Deadline: 30 June 2026 🔗 Submit your abstract: www.ipc7.site #IPC7 #Paleontology #AbstractSubmission #CapeTown

✨ Calling all PalAss members & future members! ✨ 👉 Explore all opportunities here: palass.org/awards-grant... Not a PalAss member yet? You’re very welcome to join us! 🔗 palass.org/membership Please share with colleagues and students who might benefit 💬✨ #PalAss #grant #palaeontology #join

⚡Applications for Paleontological Society Student Representative (2026-2028) are open! ⚡ @paleosoc.bsky.social It's a great way to be a part of the community and advocate for students! Applications due March 1. forms.gle/6qg2BLWgEXVd...

🎉 The 6th VCWAP is happy to announce our upcoming workshop! 🗓 Wednesday, March 4th ⏰ 1:00–3:00 PM (UTC+1) 🔍 “An Introduction to Open Science in Archaeology and Palaeontology” 🎤 Presented by @palaeoverse.bsky.social 👉 palaeoverse.org ✨ Don’t miss it! Join us! #workshop #conference #online

Great news! A new NSF Geoinformatics grant to support the PBDB was funded in June of 2025! This will overhaul the technical underpinnings of PBDB, a necessary step for carrying the PBDB forward -- www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/...

Exciting news! Our invited perspectives in npj Biodiversity looks at how marine life bounced back after the worst mass extinction ever, the Permian‑Triassic Mass Extinction (PTME) ~252M years ago. Big questions: fast or slow? recovery or restructure? www.nature.com/articles/s44...

New paper out: The flounder effect: disparities in taxonomic and ecological study intensity across extant and fossil marine organisms hamper conservation with @fossildetective.bsky.social, @bigfacecats.bsky.social, Curtis Congreve & @jonhendricks.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44... 🦑⚒️

Opportunity for women students in paleontology! The Winifred Goldring Award will be presented to three women graduate students and the AWG Undergraduate Paleontology Award will be presented to a student pursuing a career in paleontology. Due April 30th. More information here: tinyurl.com/msdc3m68

Brilliant talk by Dr Johannes De Groeve today, perfectly timed to the time I was working on my spatial analysis. I'll definitely be keeping TABS on the package.

Join us at the Evolutionary Biology Centre at Uppsala University. We’re searching for an Assistant Professor in Biology. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

Join us later today! 👇

⚠️After a fantastic 69th PalAss meeting in Portsmouth, we’re thrilled to announce what’s next! 🎉✨ 📅 The 70th Annual Meeting 📍 Oxford 🏛️ 🗓 8–11 December 2026  📌 Mark your calendars, spread the word, and keep an eye out 👀 — more details coming soon! 🚀 #PalAss26 #oxford #conference

New paper out today! "Fossil otolith assemblages reveal millennial-scale changes in reef fish biomass and trophic structure across the Isthmus of Panama" 🔓https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2024.0419 We used fossil fish otoliths to reconstruct community structure and energetics over millennia.