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Processes of evolution can change over time, resulting in compositional & exchange rate tree heterogeneity...curious to know what the means for phylogenetics? Check out this paper 👇🌍🧪 doi.org/10.1093/evol...

📣 Call for Volunteers! Are you an early career researcher? University student? Science communicator? Know someone who is? We're always looking for new Guest Bloggers to contribute to our journal blog The Paper Trail! Find out more about it & apply below 👇🌍🧪

Check out our latest journal cover, provided by Peter & Rosemary Grant linking to our #SpeicalIssue "Evolution on Islands"! Want your image to feature on our cover? Submit a paper with us today 👇🧪🌍 academic.oup.com/evolinnean/p...

Why not publish your research with a Society Journal? 🧪🌍 The Linnean Society is committed to publishing high-quality and ground-breaking scientific research across the four themes of botany, zoology, biology and evolution, striving to make these accessible & engaging to a global audience. 🧵(1/4)

Renowned evolutionary biologists Peter and Rosemary Grant paid a special visit to the Society last week. The talk was a fascinating insight into the Grants' work on the Evolution of Darwin's Finches, supported by @cloeucl.bsky.social and @evojlinnsoc.bsky.social. Listen at buff.ly/3cT7E6u

As a Society Journal, it's not just the work that we publish that's important, but what that work goes on to support. This blog post sums up our role as a place for research perfectly: we help to shape the very systems through which people access knowledge...a 🧵(1/3) 🧪🌍 buff.ly/OymWe9o

Last week we were delighted to host renowned researchers Peter & Rosemary Grant to discuss their work on the #Evolution of Darwin's finches. Many evolutionary scientists today can likely cite their work as inspiration in this field, and it was wonderful to hear them talk.

If history is written by the victors, who are the victors in science? Our latest #ThePaperTrail blog delves into who was holding the pen in taxonomy - a historically male-dominated field - using spiders as a case study. The answer probably won't shock you...🧪🌍 www.linnean.org/news/2026/03...

Though many steps toward equality have been taken in the world of Natural History, it's important to acknowledge the barriers faced by women that came before us, and those still faced by those around the world. Using spiders, this blog does just that. 🧪🌍 #IWD2026

Have a methods paper you want to submit? Publish with us! If your paper addresses evolutionary questions using the latest technologies and innovative analytical or methodological advances, we want to hear from you! Find out more about our journal below 🧪🌍👇 academic.oup.com/evolinnean/p...

The #Evolution of British species have been shaped by postglacial colonisation dynamics & modern human activity. Documenting genetic diversity is important for understanding the #Conservation status, and therefore management, of a species...done here for Britain's iconic toad Bufo bufo...🧵(1/2) 🧪

We had a wonderful time yesterday at Exploring Queerness in Natural History. We're writing up it up to share in a future blog post, but for now here are some pictures of our fantastic curators @aquadan1.bsky.social and Connor Butler, the lunchtime zine-making, and our afternoon panellists.

Why not publish your research with a Society Journal? 🧪🌍 The Linnean Society is committed to publishing high-quality and ground-breaking scientific research across the four themes of botany, zoology, biology and evolution, striving to make these accessible & engaging to a global audience. 🧵(1/4)

Are you a PhD student wanting to publish their paper in our journal? Does your research cover the themes of #Biology, #Botany, #Evolution or #Zoology? You may be eligible for our Student Paper Prizes, aimed at celebrating #EarlyCareerResearchers! Find out more 👇🧪🌍

Last Chance to Book! 📣 Join renowned evolutionary biologists Peter & Rosemary Grant in person on Wed 4 March for their talk on their ground breaking research on Darwin's finches! 🧪🌍 Book below 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-evolut... #Darwin #Evolution #Biodiversity #Science

Final Call for Papers! 📣 Does your research focus on island evolution? Have an interest in island biogeography, population genomics, trait evolution or island endemism (amongst other topics)? Then submit today! We're accepting papers until the 31 January 2026 🌍🧪👇

Accelerating #BiodiversityLoss, environmental degradation & social instability affect tropical & subtropical regions in South America. Museum collections are critical for documenting & preserving biodiversity, yet often get overlooked. Introducing: INALI snake collection (1/2) 🧪🌍 buff.ly/DbvmLsf

Discover eco-evolutionary assembly processes within Oceanic island systems in this perspective, published as part of our #SpecialIssue "Evolution on Islands"! 👇🧪🌍

New Blog Alert! 🚨 🐘 Elephants are known to be Ecosystem Engineers, but did you know they are also the largest gardeners on Earth? Our latest blog, written by guest blogger Jin-Gyu Chang, reveals their pollinator role...but it's less green thumb and more elephant dung...(1/6) 🧪🌍 buff.ly/GSCUM4R

With the diversity of flowers comes the diversity of ways to analyse them, but which is best & how are they linked? Here, combining flower morphology characters of 951 species revealed that the most common characters are rarely found together in 1 flower! 🌍🧪 doi.org/10.1093/botl... #Conservation

What do you call a reptile that looks like a lizard but isn't? I'm Nothosaurus... Helping to understand ecosystem recovery after the PT-extinction, a large new nothosaurian is described, adding to the evidence of large predators in the Tethys shallow seas! 🧪👇 doi.org/10.1093/zool... #FossilFriday

Join Peter Grant FLS FRS & Rosemary Grant FRS on Wed 4 March as they discuss their landmark research on Darwin’s finches and how new species form. Peter and Rosemary are renowned evolutionary biologists, having studied these finches on the Galápagos islands since 1973. buff.ly/ZbYnmf2

This year, why not publish your research with a Society Journal? The Linnean Society is committed to publishing high-quality and groundbreaking scientific research across the four themes of botany, zoology, biology and evolution, striving to make these accessible & engaging to a global audience.

Call these Martians the way they Rove(r)... The rove beetle genus Xenogaster has 12 described species, yet their biology & interspecific relationships remain poorly understood. Here, a taxonomic revision & phylogenetic analysis uncovers a new genus & a new species! 🧪👇 doi.org/10.1093/zool...

Reviewing is a great way to stay sharp, support your peers, and get involved in the evolutionary biology community. If that sounds up your alley, come join the @evojlinnsoc.bsky.social‬: oxford.ly/4q2WHrE

On the fifth day of Christmas, Linnaeus gave to me...FIVE ANOLES! Well, more like anoles adapting to temperature change in the Andes, as taught to us in this lunchtime lecture! Kicking off the journal series, it contributed to the 1000+ lecture attendees this year! 🌍🧪👇 buff.ly/Tgjn9Pk

As Annie said, the sun'll come out tomorrow...and so will the deadline for our #SpecialIssue Evolution on Islands! Submit your work today 👇 🌍 🧪 academic.oup.com/evolinnean/p... Are you a PhD student? Nominate your submitted paper for one of our PhD prizes, awarded in May 2026!

We all know ornithologists loved naming birds, but less so trying to understand their evolutionary history... Using the (perfectly named) Buzzing Flowerpecker as a case study, phylogenetic studies revealed rapid evolution & shared genes, making it difficult to draw boundaries...

With Christmas just around the corner that means it's just ONE WEEK left until our #EvolutionOnIslands special issue closes its call for papers! If your research focuses on island evolution, biogeography or island endemism to name a few topics, publish with us! 👇 academic.oup.com/evolinnean/p...

Ahhh Rafflesia, the parasitic corpse flower...what's not to love? Known for their scent of rotting flesh, these Strange(r) Things can be found in the rainforests of South East Asia, and may remind you of a certain Demogorgon, henchmen of the upside down... #StrangerThings #Demogorgon

RRrrrr, a scientist's best friend. A new package "tbea" has made estimating phylogenies even easier than before, crucial for testing hypotheses in evolutionary biology! Combining fossil, genetic & geological data, this study looked at S American Cynodontidea as an example 👇

What's that? You didn't know boxfish made sound? Me neither... It turns out all species (Atlantic & Pacific) do, yet little is known about how this evolved. A novel structure found only in the Atlantic species offered the answer, but it isn't quite what you think...🌍 🧪 doi.org/10.1093/biol...

Weevil, weevil, rock you! Not quite as catchy as the Queen hit, the phylogeny of broad-nosed weevils was explored using mitochondrial genomes of 130 species, helping to classify the subfamily & uncover their biogeography! 🌍👇🧪 doi.org/10.1093/zool... @linneansociety.bsky.social

Diamonds are Foreverrrrr! Whilst we're still waiting for the next James Bond to be revealed, scientists have shown how to pinpoint where hybrid events happen in evolutionary networks, including in species with complex histories! Diamond in the rough & all that...🌍 🧪

This #FossilFriday marvel at the presence of Astropanax leaves & pollen in Ethiopia 21.73 million years ago, found in the Mush Valley, providing the earliest evidence for Araliaceae on the African continent! (around the time when ancient rhinos & horses began to evolve)🌍🧪 doi.org/10.1093/botl...

Interested in the @evojlinnsoc.bsky.social special issue on phylogenomic discordance? tinyurl.com/v2eces3s 🧪 Three more summaries added below! We'll return when more articles come live. Again, all and any oversimplications are entirely my fault!

Once upon time, in a land not far away (Greece), dwarf elephants roamed several islands during the Middle-Late Pleistocene! Evolving repeatedly & independently, this study aims to identify whether body size reduction was accompanied by bone remodelling...read more below! 🌍👇

Can museum collections help identify a species conservation status? Through a systematic survey of primate specimens at MZUSP, 85 species were identified, with 12 classified as #Endangered & 6 #CriticallyEndangered, highlighting the importance of collections in research! 🌍👇

Effective conservation relies on accurate research, monitoring & understanding of species. Here, the first comprehensive IUCN Red List assessment of the High Atlas vascular flora has been done, helping to uncover extinction threats to endemic flora! 🧪 🌍 👇 doi.org/10.1093/botl...

What a cool blog post led by Adam Brachtl !! 🤩 Nice way to disseminate our results on the colonisation and extinction history of an island insect species using genomic data. Thank you! 👻 @ipna.csic.es @brentcemerson.bsky.social academic.oup.com/evolinnean/a...

New Blog Day! 📣👻 Ghosts of the past come back to haunt the genetic record of island colonisation events, revealing silent extinctions! Written by guest blogger Adam Brachtl, this blog explores how molecular genetics can uncover these hidden stories...(1/6) 🌍🧪👇 www.linnean.org/news/2025/11...

Remember remember the 5th of...December? Islands are central to our understanding of ecology & evolution, from the theory of natural selection to community ecology. This special issue promises to provide a synthesis of the latest research, and there's still time to submit! 🌍 🧪 👇

It's #WombatDay! Famed for their cubed poop, these guys have surprisingly similar forelimb myology to koalas...helping to unravel their evolutionary past! Read about it below 👇🌍🧪 doi.org/10.1093/zool... @linneansociety.bsky.social

Darwin's Darwin finches (the island is called Darwin, that's not a typo) have been variably described as either two species, or combined into just one. But what's right? As part of our #SpecialIssue on Evolution on Islands, Peter & Rosemary Grant took to answering this...(1/2) 🌍🧪

Ahh, Drosophila suzukii, a global pest...and best dressed? Whilst fashion week is over, these guys really put the fly in fruit fly! Known for their body colour plasticity, the role of sexual vs natural selection on their colour diversity was investigated...check it out 👇🧪🌍🦟

New Blog Day! 🐜📣 The acacia fruit doesn't fall far from the evolutionary tree in this new blog, written by guest blogger Josie Cooper! Ever wondered how plants defend themselves from plant-eating predators? In the case of swollen-thorn acacias, the answer is ants...a 🧵 (1/6) 🌍🧪 buff.ly/Sm4NQsQ

You shell (not) pass this on...🐚 Genetic inheritance, not plasticity, was shown to drive differences in the shells of Lanistes snails from the Malawi Basin! Experiencing ongoing adaptive radiation, this paper contributed to our Special Issue. Read more below 🌍🧪👇 #molluscmonday

If you're interested in understanding discordance in phylogenomic analyses, the @evojlinnsoc.bsky.social's special issue 'Phylogenomic Discordance: Patterns, Processes, and Solutions' is for you! tinyurl.com/v2eces3s I'll be sharing a few articles a week until we're through the issue! (1/n)🧪

Wass(P)up (fish)? Adaptive radiations are striking examples of rapid speciation, where lineage diversification often pairs with rapid changes in morphology. But what is the role of intrinsic structural constraints? Here, Pupfish from San Salvador Island were studied...what did they find?