The Black Death was history's worst documented demographic disaster. New research shows it was also a bizarre anomaly, the unlikely result of volcanic eruptions, multiple consecutive poor harvests in Italy, a war between Genoa, Venice and the Mongols, AND a Black Sea plague outbreak. @science.org

How are Pacific NW mountain birds responding to climate change? I got up at 4:00 am for a month to find out. but first the backstory, or "how I spent seven years telling everyone this project wasn't possible" new paper here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Using automated acoustic monitoring, citizen science, and centuries of ornithological research and understanding to quantify ecological integrity at scale. The BirdsPlus Index, a novel method for assessing site-level conservation values. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Canada Post features fungi and lichen in new stamp series - Canada Post has unveiled its new stamp collection Wednesday featuring fungi and lichens found in the country.

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

SLiM 5: Eco-evolutionary simulations across multiple chromosomes and full genomes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.07.669155v1

After a four-year investigation, a breakthrough study reveals the cause of sea star wasting disease (SSWD). A strain of the bacterium Vibrio pectenicida is the culprit behind the marine epidemic that has killed billions of sea stars since 2013. Read the study: 🔗https://tinyurl.com/4rcb3xpf

Started interviewing folks, but there’s still time to apply! Please share and get in touch if you think this would be a good fit for you or someone you know!

Hey #Evol2025, come and be our new colleague at Monash!

We have a preprint reviewing how genomics has been used to inform evolutionary significant units globally, find inconsistencies, and give recommendations. Genomics is a powerful tool and hopefully can be used more effectively for conservation of ESUs! #consgen #popgen www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

🚨Postdoc opportunity🚨: LepEU postdoc: comparative population genomics of European scale adaptation in butterflies 2 year, full-time PD in my group, Stockholm Univ. Applications assed on rolling basis, deadline: 23 August 2025. Planned start 1 Oct. Details: christopherwheatlab.wordpress.com

@eliotmiller.bsky.social here is the artist!

Jane Goodall doesn’t have a google scholar page. Can someone fix that? @janegoodallcan.bsky.social @janegoodall.org

🚨New paper alert!🚨 We show that hummingbird beaks have changed in shape & size since around WWII, driven by the rise of commercialized feeders! 🧵 📄 Paper: dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... #ornithology #evolution #GlobalChangeBiology

I'm hiring! Postdoc available in my lab in Ecological Genomics. northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/... I will start reviewing applications mid-July. 🧪🧑‍🔬🖥️🧬🦑. Please share widely, thanks!

Excited to share our new paper on genetic differentiation in Atlantic silversides! We investigated how genome structure influences adaptation under varying levels of gene flow using a species-specific reference genome and multiple recombination maps. Read on for insights! doi.org/10.1093/molb... 1/7

I help coordinate the #GenARCC project, a fantastic team of scientists using genomics to help predict impacts of climate change on species and ecosystems. Check out the video below to learn more! 📽️🧬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKGz...

#Consgen postdoc position for 2-3 years on Vancouver Island to work on saving a fluffy endemic marmot. and its in Canada! engage.iucn.org/group/iucn-s...

New publication: "Admixture Increases Genetic Diversity and Adaptive Potential in Australasian Killer Whales" with Andrew D. Foote from @biovitenskap.bsky.social and @unioslo-cees.bsky.social Isabella M. Reeves @flindersuniversity.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

The 2nd publication from @bellareeves.bsky.social PhD thesis finds a genetic rescue effect from admixture between distinct killer whale lineages. Likely the cause of high genetic diversity in regions with low killer whale density. Open access in Mol Ecol: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Gabriele's paper is out in PNAS! He found a large number of genes with repeated sweeps in multiple plant species. Most interestingly: they tend to be peripheral in co-expression networks (low pleiotropy), consistent with mig-sel theory!! @gabnocgenomics.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

A study of 632 freshwater fish species from 9,989 locations finds climate warming affects fish abundances, with increases at the poleward edges of species’ distributions and declines at the equatorward edges of species’ distributions. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Go work with Dave!

Do you know of any examples of population structure identified with whole genome data but not with microsats or RADseq-type methods?

Recruiting a postdoc to work with @knichols.bsky.social at NOAA NMFS NWFSC and us at the USFS National Genomics Center for Wildlife and Fish on the genomics of hybridization of coastal cutthroat trout and steelhead in WA state! 🐟 🧬 zintellect.com/Opportunity/...

Pleased to announce that @susanjohnston.bsky.social and I will be hosting a symposium at @evolmtg.bsky.social #evol2024: "Recombination Rate Variation: Causes, Consequences, and Evolution". All are free to apply, see evolutionmeetings.org for details! Please share/RT.

The Biology Dept at Queen's U, Canada is hiring 2 faculty, either Assistant or Associate: i) Indigenous Science - joint with Envt'l Studies ii) Director of the Queen's University Biological Station Find details here: biology.queensu.ca/jobs/ #evolution #ecology #conservation #IndigenousSTEM

Want to use landscape genomics for conservation? Curious about how to apply these methods to individual-based sampling? Not to worry– use algatr! Our new paper w/ co-first author @anushabishop.bsky.social and coauthor Ian Wang is out in MER! More below ⬇️ #OA onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Our new paper on the genomic vulnerability of climate change in Kokanee (resident ecotype of sockeye salmon) is out today doi.org/10.1111/eva.... We packed a lot of questions in this paper, and there is something for every taste: climate change, adaptive potential, heat waves,

A week left to apply- Don’t miss out! Fully funded PhD position in my lab @LeidenUniversity (salary €40- 50k/year)! Interested in eco-evo eDNA applications and being at the frontier of eDNA development? App closes on October 19th. #eDNA community #evoeco www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...

“The more uncomfortable truth is that academic science has never been a trade that selects for or supports the best scientific minds in the world.” https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nobel-prize-debate-misses-the-mark-on-the-real-culprits-ignoring-scientific-merit/

It's fun to get to share our new study in Science tracking nearly 4,000 Galápagos finches using genomics over 30 years! Interested in how genomics can teach us about contemporary evolution? 1/ www.science.org/doi/full/10....