🚨 Excited to share our new paper on the #MiddlePalaeolithic site of Ras el-Kelb, #Lebanon 🪨🦴 A long overdue study! Using lithic analysis and use-wear approaches, we explore how hominins interacted with the landscape and exploited resources along the Lebanese coast during the MP #Levant 🏺🦣 👇

Interested in #macroevolution, #macroecology, and mountain biodiversity? I'm recruiting a #postdoc for an NSF-funded project at Yale, in collaboration with Martha Muñoz (Yale) and Maya Stokes (Florida State University). I'll be at #Evol2026 and happy to chat! Link below

If you're a biodiversity or paleoecology student looking for a postdoc, I would be happy to support fellows working with machine learning on projects related to extinction, biodiversity forecasting, or macroecological questions using fossil records (including ancient and/or environmental DNA):

Check out this postdoc opportunity with us at @econovoau.bsky.social🐪🌿🦌🍃🐂 #ungulates #megafauna #feralspecies #alienspecies #novelecosystems PS: For those at #WBF2026, we have quite a few related presentations in the FUT4 track on Wednesday🐪🌿

Excellent opportunity here: a 5 year senior research fellowship in Life Sciences (broadly defined) at All Souls College Oxford. Many opportunities to work with the diverse & inclusive community here in @biology.ox.ac.uk here in the brand new Life & Mind Buiilding www.asc.ox.ac.uk/post-doctora...

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Excited to announce a 4-year PhD position at @niooknaw.bsky.social investigating the island biogeography of plant-associated fungi in the giant daisy radiation on the Galapagos. Please apply, share, and reach out with any questions! vacatures.knaw.nl/job/Wagening...

🧬 New paper in Cell! Analysis of 12 cave lion genomes shows that cave lions and modern lions may have diverged more than three times earlier than previously thought – as early as 1.7 million years ago! AND…they interbred when temperatures dropped! Paper: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... 🧵 1/9

Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History is hiring for a Research Zoologist (Curator of Crustacea) trustcareers.si.edu/en/postings/...

CT technician position available at the U-M Museum of Zoology/Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

Their large #mammal community analysis across 10 Ma shows relative homogeneity in functional structure across Eurasia & Africa, until today. Modern faunas show strong geographic structure, possibly reflecting Late #Pleistocene extinctions. 🔗 Read more 👇

State of the art review - of interest to island palaeontologists and biogeographers --- The potential of sedimentary ancient DNA to increase our understanding of island ecosystem dynamics biogeography.pensoft.net/articles.php...

Our (Jenny Dunn, Carolina Chagas, @willjsmith.bsky.social) paper on the evolution of island Wrens is finally out @evojlinnsoc.bsky.social! We describe the evolution of island gigantism in the St Kilda and Shetland subspecies. academic.oup.com/evolinnean/a...

Looking for a postdoc to join my group at the NHM London & work on aDNA of dogs/wolves! jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

🌿 We are hiring a new 2-yr postdoc in @econovoau.bsky.social at @aarhusuniint.bsky.social, on large-#herbivore ecology, trophic #rewilding & novel ecosystems- asking when alien & feral #ungulates enhance biodiversity & when they contribute to degradation🐪🐎🦓 Deadline: 28 June 2026. Details below 👇

⚠️La lagartija de las Pitiusas, emblema cultural de Ibiza, se encuentra en peligro: una serpiente invasora que ya ocupa el 90% de #Ibiza amenaza su existencia‼️ Así lo ha constatado la investigación del @creaf.cat liderada por @oriollapiedra.bsky.social que lleva 6 años estudiando el caso.

Happy to share our new article "Evaluation of DNA and collagen preservation in Late Pleistocene and Holocene bovid fossils from South Africa" for a project led by @ddj-sa.bsky.social! Notably, we extracted ancient DNA from fossil Syncerus antiquus (Giant Long-Horned Buffalo)! Article linked below

NSCA expresses profound concern about the future of the Academy of Natural Sciences of #Drexel University. The Academy is a globally important natural history #collection & center for #biodiversity #research. #naturalhistory #NSCA nscalliance.org/statement-on...

The potential of sedimentary ancient DNA to increase our understanding of island ecosystem dynamics biogeography.pensoft.net/articles.php... @biogeography.bsky.social thanks @xaalii.bsky.social for leading it and all co-authors 😀🤩🎶🏝️🧬 @uab.cat @creaf.cat

Hurray - new paper out in Functional Ecology! @funecology.bsky.social @econovoau.bsky.social 
Wild large herbivores promote plant diversity and functional redundancy by reducing dominance: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 1/5

It may be faded & shabby, but #thylacines in #museums are a tangible link to the reality of #extinction. Like many #taxidermy thylacines, this one at @ulstermuseum.org has been given a fierce snarling expression: a political message that the #thylacine was considered an enemy to colonial development

Reminder: Early bird registration for our September conference in Berlin ends soon! 👉 www.mammalian-biology.de/meetings Look forward to our amazing keynote speakers: Tim Flannery, Rainer Hutterer, @selinabrace.bsky.social, Marcus Clauss, Eduardo Eizirik and @paleoiris.bsky.social. 1/2 #mammals 🦊🧪

Happy centenary Sir David! Are there one hundred things named after David Attenborough? Surely we should be able to compile a list… I will start: 1. Attenborosaurus a plesiosaur from the Jurassic Coast en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attenbo... Let’s see if we can get to 100! /🧵

New paper out in @journalofanatomy.bsky.social ! With @CyrilETIENNE and @houssayecnrs.bsky.social, we explored how limb bone inner structure varies across bovids of different sizes and habitats.

There is growing evidence that extreme events linked to anthropogenic climate change can have important effects on biodiversity. Here the authors assess the exposure of terrestrial vertebrates to multiple types of extreme climate events globally 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New research from #ProcB: Detecting stabilizing dynamics in biased biodiversity time series using Haar fluctuation analysis doi.org/10.1098/rspb... | #Ecology #Evolution #Palaeontology

Watch this space & spread the word. New @idiv-research.bsky.social synthesis working group & fellowship (ie Sabbatical) calls coming these days. Great funding opportunities to collaborate with researchers in and visit @idiv-research.bsky.social

Known #extinctions are just the tip of the iceberg. Many human-driven losses remain undocumented—so-called #DarkExtinctions, absent from the IUCN #RedList, biasing our view of biodiversity loss. Check our new paper in Nature Reviews Biodiversity: www.nature.com/articles/s44... 🌐🌍🧪

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Native plants, fewer mowings, and biodiversity‑friendly gardens make a real difference for insects. 
 Reducing animal‑based food also lowers pressure on ecosystems, says @roelvanklink.bsky.social (@unihalle.bsky.social). 🎧 #InsideBiodiversity: Worth a listen. insidebiodiversity.podigee.io

Apply!! 3 open postdocs in biome biogeography and macroecology in @nezimmermann.bsky.social's amazing ERC project on global biome mapping and evolution: 1) apply.refline.ch/273855/1856/... 2) apply.refline.ch/273855/1857/... 3) apply.refline.ch/273855/1858/...

Pangolins possess a spectacular, dense network of diploic veins for brain drainage! In our latest study, we show that this pattern may also provide rare morphological evidence linking pangolins and carnivorans in the Ferae clade. Check it out here: academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...

What does ecosystem #integrity mean in a rapidly changing #Anthropocene biosphere? I argue for a shift from static reference states toward 1) the ecological processes that sustain biodiversity & 2) evolutionary heritage➡️ doi.org/10.1111/rec.... #ecology #restoration #biodiversity #ecosystemintegrity

Two marsupials thought to be extinct for millennia have been rediscovered in Indonesian Papua. Researchers documented the pygmy long-fingered possum and the "Tous" glider. The find was made possible through deep collaboration with Indigenous elders. @john-cannon.bsky.social reports for #Mongabay.

Can you believe that until now there were more genomes sequenced for the woolly mammoth than for living African elephants? Today, we bring you the first genomic, continent-scale analyses of 232 high-quality genomes of both species, the savanna and forest elephant. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New Science Advances paper: 60 years of change across European plant communities reveals a widespread shift toward denser vegetation, with increasing shade tolerance across habitats. Proud to co-author this important work🍃 #ecology www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The Natural History Museum Stuttgart is seeking to fill a position as Curator / Researcher (m/f/d) in Ichthyology Permanent, full-time (80–100%) Remuneration in accordance with TV-L E13 Application deadline: 17/05/2026 ➡ Further information: https://t1p.de/3svwg

If you are interested in macroevolution, macroecology, fossil record, stratigraphy and stuff, please consider applying for the 2026 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA PF) grant this year in my lab. 🧪 ⚒️ #Geology #Paleobio #EvoBio euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/hosting...

2 PhD Opportunities! 🤩 We are recruiting two highly motivated PhD students to join an ambitious project advancing Robotic Paleontology—a rapidly emerging field that fuses paleontology, biomechanics, simulation, and robotics. nyakaturalab.com/news/ Please share!!

Is the taxon cycle working on plants? See our recent work on the Canarian vascular flora showing a predictable progression of colonization, range expansion, diversification, range contraction, and eventual extinction, often driven by competition among congenerics. More here: doi.org/10.1002/brv....

Fantastic & amazing collaboration & research project about modelling & predicting the future of our global floras in a world of Plant invasions! Almost 10.000 SDMs & range projections😱😍💪

New paper out on the brain endocast of a distant relative of pangolins: Metacheiromys! We found a possible neurological convergence among myrmecophagous mammals 🧠🐜 Check it out, it's open access! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Academy of Natural Sciences ( @acadnatsci), the oldest & 1st nat. hist. museum in North America, is under threat! Sign petition at bit.ly/save-academy to tell president of @drexeluniv to fund one of the most important educational & research institutions in the world! @geosociety.bsky.social

Postdoc advert now live! Come and work with me at the UCL Centre for Integrative Anatomy @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social on the Mediterranean Neogene insular giant fauna. You'll also get to work with a great team: @toriherridge.bsky.social @nannonstevens.bsky.social and Jesse Hennekam

We just published a review 🗞️😁: ‘The ecology of adaptive radiation’ revisited: A 25-year reflection Dolph Schluter’s book inspired the interest in adaptive radiation, and we wanted to revisit it. academic.oup.com/evolinnean/a... 1/5 🧵

‼️🚨 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.

RIP Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas. 🦧 “(She) reshaped our understanding of great apes and at the same time powerfully demonstrated the impact one individual can have in protecting our planet.” 🌏 www.sfu.ca/archaeology/...

🚨 #PaperAlert! #Neanderthals were elephant gourmets, but also not picky eaters! Our new study at Lehringen (~125 ka) shows evidence of elephant butchery associated with a wooden spear, alongside the exploitation of bears, beavers, and ungulates. Flexible hunters with everything on the menu 🐘🍽️ 🦣🏺🧪

The new annual review from Kay Behrensmeyer has a killer Figure 3 depicting how different samples of the geologic record equates to different samples of stratigraphic time. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

The global island species–area relationship for plants | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Our latest effort to understand ISARs for plants globally!