A juvenile iguanodontian from the Lower Cretaceous of China preserves both spikes and scales in its skin that are different from integumentary structures in either non-avian dinosaurs or extant squamates and may have had a defensive function 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A study in Nature Ecology & Evolution shows the long-term changes in tree species diversity across tropical forests in the Andes and Amazon. go.nature.com/45FPc1M 🌍 🧪

New Species Spotlight 👇 Hafiz Muhammed Wariss and Wenjun Li are captivated by a pungent but threatened medicinal plant: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Free to read: rdcu.be/e2EEh

HORBEC are protein complexes involved in the regulation of redox balance and energy conservation. The authors develop a bioinformatic tool for HORBEC annotation in bacterial and archaeal genomes and reconstruct the evolutionary history of these fundamental enzymes 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The authors leverage experimental and phylogenetic data to propose that anammox bacteria during the Archaean period could have harvested photoholes from cyanobacterial mats for use as an electron acceptor prior to the availability of nitrite🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New Correspondence 👇 Angola’s northern escarpment forest is disappearing before our eyes www.nature.com/articles/s41... Ernst et al highlight how the central Serra do Pingano Forest Ecosystem has lost 43% of its original forest area in the last 4 years Free to read: rdcu.be/e2ucd

The authors leverage experimental and phylogenetic data to propose that anammox bacteria during the Archaean period could have harvested photoholes from cyanobacterial mats for use as an electron acceptor prior to the availability of nitrite🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Read the accompanying News & Views commentary from Martina Dal Bello 👇 "From death comes diversity" www.nature.com/articles/s41... Free to read: rdcu.be/e2fBU

Making CITES count for sharks and rays www.nature.com/articles/s41... Hollie Booth argues that new CITES listings could represent a tipping point for addressing the overexploitation of shark and ray populations, but only if momentum is seized and risks are mitigated. Free to read: rdcu.be/e15xg

The authors leverage experimental and phylogenetic data to propose that anammox bacteria during the Archaean period could have harvested photoholes from cyanobacterial mats for use as an electron acceptor prior to the availability of nitrite 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Making CITES count for sharks and rays www.nature.com/articles/s41... Hollie Booth argues that new CITES listings could represent a tipping point for addressing the overexploitation of shark and ray populations, but only if momentum is seized and risks are mitigated. Free to read: rdcu.be/e15xg

New study by @saocousins.bsky.social in @natecoevo.nature.com! 📣 Errors in global grassland maps are skewing carbon sink estimates. By correcting misclassification using field-validated data, global grassland soil C rises to 155 Pg — major implications for ecosystem accounting & policy. 👇

Passioned by #bioenergetics? Do not miss our new article on the evolutionary history of oxidoreductases with G. Borrel and @sgribaldo.bsky.social @archaeal.bsky.social @valdeanda.bsky.social @pasteur.fr @cnrs.fr @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @natecoevo.nature.com (www.nature.com/articles/s41...).

A comparative analysis of trait data combined with a mathematical model suggests that dietary specialization drives selection towards the smallest and largest body sizes in terrestrial mammals, as generalists outcompete specialists at intermediate sizes🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Experiments involving 276 soil-derived microcosms reveals that the ecological process of necromass recycling promotes diversity maintenance in bacterial communities 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Citizen science data are increasingly used in biodiversity monitoring. This study applies a digital twin approach to biodiversity monitoring using a large citizen science dataset on birds from Finland, demonstrating its potential for ecological forecasting 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Citizen science data are increasingly used in biodiversity monitoring. This study applies a digital twin approach to biodiversity monitoring using a large citizen science dataset on birds from Finland, demonstrating its potential for ecological forecasting 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

By combining satellite observations with ground-based data and expert validation, this analysis demonstrates considerable misestimation of grassland extent and thereby carbon stock estimates in previous global assessments based on remote sensing 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Hotter, drier and more seasonal forests in the eastern and southern Amazon are losing species, while Northern Andean forests are accumulating species, acting as a refuge for those that are climate-displaced 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A global synthesis of >600 studies finds that across agro-ecosystems, grasslands and forests in temperate and tropical zones, increasing plant diversity has a consistently positive effect on plant performance and the suppression of antagonists 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

By combining satellite observations with ground-based data and expert validation, this analysis demonstrates considerable misestimation of grassland extent and thereby carbon stock estimates in previous global assessments based on remote sensing 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Hotter, drier and more seasonal forests in the eastern and southern Amazon are losing species, while Northern Andean forests are accumulating species, acting as a refuge for those that are climate-displaced 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A global synthesis of >600 studies finds that across agro-ecosystems, grasslands and forests in temperate and tropical zones, increasing plant diversity has a consistently positive effect on plant performance and the suppression of antagonists 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Read the accompanying News & Views from Isabelle Winder 👇 "Drivers of same-sex sexual behaviour" www.nature.com/articles/s41... Free to Read: rdcu.be/e1aDU

Ecological and social pressures drive same-sex sexual behaviour in non-human primates 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

In case you missed our recent study out in @natecoevo.nature.com - now with open access PDFs: Related microbes globally share similar ecological communities, extending classical ecological patterns to the microbial realm 🦠🌎 Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Research Briefing: rdcu.be/e0K14

Tree diversity is changing in the Amazon and Andes. Belen Fadrique leads our analysis in @natecoevo.nature.com w/ 400 plots + 40 years of RAINFOR records. www.nature.com/articles/s41... Hot, drier, more fragmented forests are losing species. Many in the Andes + western Amazon are gaining them.

This Perspective synthesizes insights from the past use of nature markets to identify design factors that are necessary if such markets are to achieve their environmental aims www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Forest biodiversity experiments test how species diversity affects forest ecosystem functioning. A Review in Nature Reviews Biodiversity discusses key findings from these experiments and puts them into context with observational studies from forests. go.nature.com/4sEQkfZ 🔒

New online! The High Seas Treaty spells hope for the ocean, but only if it is powered by science

Same-sex sexual behaviour is part of the normal social life of some primates and could play an important part in their long-term success go.nature.com/4qNGo1I

Same-sex sexual behaviour in non-human primates is associated with ecological factors, life history and social structure, according to research published in @natecoevo.nature.com: spklr.io/633248d15a #Ecology #EcoSky 🌍

In the current issue of NEE, you can find our research on the community assembly mechanisms behind arthropod 🪲🕷️ biomass declines ⚖️📉 both as the original paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... and (new🌟) as research briefing by @ebelingae.bsky.social and myself: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our January issue is now live: www.nature.com/natecolevol/... Featuring research on 🧪 🐝 pesticide impacts on wild bees 🪺 population genomics of avian brood parasitism 🌱 the origins of terrestrial herbivory Cover image from Abraham et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our January issue is now live: www.nature.com/natecolevol/... Featuring research on 🧪 🐝 pesticide impacts on wild bees 🪺 population genomics of avian brood parasitism 🌱 the origins of terrestrial herbivory Cover image from Abraham et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Plant diversity enhances ecosystem resistance to increasing grazing pressure in global drylands 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Fungal endophytes contribute to the population persistence of a grass species by ameliorating drought stress, but are more likely to disappear locally under climate variability 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Read the accompanying commentary from Gabriel Maturani Barrile 👇 "Hidden outbreaks in an amphibian pandemic" www.nature.com/articles/s41... Free to read: rdcu.be/eXWAQ

Assessing mining impacts in the deep sea www.nature.com/articles/s41... Ingels et al. discuss two recent papers on the impacts of deep-sea mining on biodiversity, and how this may be affected by developments in nodule collection technology Free-to-read: rdcu.be/eX1pn

Assessing mining impacts in the deep sea www.nature.com/articles/s41... Ingels et al. discuss two recent papers on the impacts of deep-sea mining on biodiversity, and how this may be affected by developments in nodule collection technology Free-to-read: rdcu.be/eX1pn

Just published in @natecoevo.nature.com: using data from the @erc.europa.eu funded BIODESERT dryland survey, we show that plant diversity strongly enhances ecosystem resistance to increasing grazing pressure. Conserving biodiversity is key to sustaining dryland rangelands worldwide rdcu.be/eXY6D

I am extremely proud and happy to announce that another paper from my PhD days has just been published in @natecoevo.nature.com on evolution of genome and gene regulation thanks to all the amazing people involved. Check the paper out at: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Exciting news to start the new year! We’re thrilled to see this work finally out in @natecoevo.nature.com, the result of a major collaboration between my lab and the labs of Veronica Hinman and Nacho Maeso, began many years ago with the dear José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Read the accompanying commentary from Gabriel Maturani Barrile 👇 "Hidden outbreaks in an amphibian pandemic" www.nature.com/articles/s41... Free to read: rdcu.be/eXWAQ

Fine-scale field analysis and modelling of the spatial dynamics of infection of Darwin’s frogs with Bd fungus identifies highly localized transmission dynamics that generate clustered epidemics and can drive collapse of local subpopulations 🧪🐸 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We're hiring! Nature Ecology & Evolution is seeking a Locum Associate or Senior Editor in palaeoecology and human evolution, based in Shanghai or Beijing. Closing date 4th Jan 2026 Apply here 👉 springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/es/SpringerN...

Trace fossils from the end Ordovician of South Africa suggest a low-diversity meiofaunal benthic community fed by episodic concentrations of phytoplankton (marine snow) 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This study reconstructs the gene regulatory networks that define cell types in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis, providing a valuable resource for comparative regulatory genomics and the evolution of new cell types 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Lovely Xmas gift 🎄—our paper is out today in @natecoevo.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...! Huge thanks to everyone who made it possible, especially @aelek.bsky.social and @arnausebe.bsky.social

Population genetics analysis in a phylogenetic framework shows convergent evolution in the genomes of five brood-parasitic species, including selection on genes involved in spermatogenesis, sperm function and nervous system development 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...