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🐙 Deep-sea mining impacts
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🐒 Same-sex sexual behaviour in non-human primates
Cover image shows a Darwin's frog, from Valenzuela-Sánchez et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🐙 Deep-sea mining impacts
🦖 Dinosaur skin spikes
🐒 Same-sex sexual behaviour in non-human primates
Cover image shows a Darwin's frog, from Valenzuela-Sánchez et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Data from long-term experiments in Finnish peatlands shows that warming induces a metabolic response in boreal Sphagnum peatlands that enhances accumulation of soil carbon, in contrast to the carbon losses in response to warming in boreal forests and tundra 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Warming enhances soil carbon accumulation in boreal Sphagnum peatlands - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Data from long-term experiments in Finnish peatlands shows that warming induces a metabolic response in boreal Sphagnum peatlands that enhances accumulation of soil carbon, in contrast to the carbon l...
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February 16, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Data from long-term experiments in Finnish peatlands shows that warming induces a metabolic response in boreal Sphagnum peatlands that enhances accumulation of soil carbon, in contrast to the carbon losses in response to warming in boreal forests and tundra 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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One of our top-rated posts on @altmetric.com this past week was published in @natecoevo.nature.com. You can read 'Cellular-level preservation of cutaneous spikes in an Early Cretaceous iguanodontian dinosaur' here: spklr.io/63322DbAus
Cellular-level preservation of cutaneous spikes in an Early Cretaceous iguanodontian dinosaur - Nature Ecology & Evolution
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.
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February 13, 2026 at 8:05 PM
One of our top-rated posts on @altmetric.com this past week was published in @natecoevo.nature.com. You can read 'Cellular-level preservation of cutaneous spikes in an Early Cretaceous iguanodontian dinosaur' here: spklr.io/63322DbAus
Read the accompanying News & Views commentary from Luiz Domeignoz-Horta 👇
"Discrepancies between observations and models highlight how to improve predictions" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Discrepancies between observations and models highlight how to improve predictions" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 13, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Read the accompanying News & Views commentary from Luiz Domeignoz-Horta 👇
"Discrepancies between observations and models highlight how to improve predictions" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Discrepancies between observations and models highlight how to improve predictions" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A global analysis of marine fish populations involving 243 recruitment and 266 spawner time series across 143 species finds that nonlinear dynamics are widespread and that the degree of nonlinearity is amplified by temperature variation and in fast-lived species 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Temperature variation and life history mediate nonlinearity in fluctuations of marine fish populations worldwide - Nature Ecology & Evolution
A global analysis of marine fish populations involving 243 recruitment and 266 spawner time series across 143 species finds that nonlinear dynamics are widespread and that the degree of nonlinearity i...
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February 13, 2026 at 9:33 AM
A global analysis of marine fish populations involving 243 recruitment and 266 spawner time series across 143 species finds that nonlinear dynamics are widespread and that the degree of nonlinearity is amplified by temperature variation and in fast-lived species 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Combining a global dataset of paired observations with outputs from four land surface models, the authors show that microbial growth rate is a more reliable and informative predictor of soil organic carbon than carbon use efficiency 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Microbial growth rate is a stronger predictor of soil organic carbon than carbon use efficiency - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Microbial carbon use efficiency is a strong predictor of soil organic carbon stocks. Here the authors reveal that the microbial growth rate is a more reliable and informative predictor, and that model...
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February 12, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Combining a global dataset of paired observations with outputs from four land surface models, the authors show that microbial growth rate is a more reliable and informative predictor of soil organic carbon than carbon use efficiency 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It is unclear whether harsh abiotic conditions in drylands hinder biological invasions. This global analysis shows that drylands are vulnerable to non-native plants and are likely to become more so as native plant diversity declines and grazing pressure intensifies 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Abiotic and biotic controls of non-native perennial plant success in drylands - Nature Ecology & Evolution
It is unclear whether the harsh abiotic conditions of drylands hinder biological invasions. This global analysis shows that drylands are vulnerable to non-native plants and are likely to become more s...
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February 12, 2026 at 9:30 AM
It is unclear whether harsh abiotic conditions in drylands hinder biological invasions. This global analysis shows that drylands are vulnerable to non-native plants and are likely to become more so as native plant diversity declines and grazing pressure intensifies 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Our February issue is now live! www.nature.com/natecolevol/...
Featuring research on 🧪
🐙 Deep-sea mining impacts
🦖 Dinosaur skin spikes
🐒 Same-sex sexual behaviour in non-human primates
Cover image shows a Darwin's frog, from Valenzuela-Sánchez et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Featuring research on 🧪
🐙 Deep-sea mining impacts
🦖 Dinosaur skin spikes
🐒 Same-sex sexual behaviour in non-human primates
Cover image shows a Darwin's frog, from Valenzuela-Sánchez et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 10, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Our February issue is now live! www.nature.com/natecolevol/...
Featuring research on 🧪
🐙 Deep-sea mining impacts
🦖 Dinosaur skin spikes
🐒 Same-sex sexual behaviour in non-human primates
Cover image shows a Darwin's frog, from Valenzuela-Sánchez et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Featuring research on 🧪
🐙 Deep-sea mining impacts
🦖 Dinosaur skin spikes
🐒 Same-sex sexual behaviour in non-human primates
Cover image shows a Darwin's frog, from Valenzuela-Sánchez et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our February issue is now live! www.nature.com/natecolevol/...
Featuring research on 🧪
🐙 Deep-sea mining impacts
🦖 Dinosaur skin spikes
🐒 Same-sex sexual behaviour in non-human primates
Cover image shows a Darwin's frog, from Valenzuela-Sánchez et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Featuring research on 🧪
🐙 Deep-sea mining impacts
🦖 Dinosaur skin spikes
🐒 Same-sex sexual behaviour in non-human primates
Cover image shows a Darwin's frog, from Valenzuela-Sánchez et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 10, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Our February issue is now live! www.nature.com/natecolevol/...
Featuring research on 🧪
🐙 Deep-sea mining impacts
🦖 Dinosaur skin spikes
🐒 Same-sex sexual behaviour in non-human primates
Cover image shows a Darwin's frog, from Valenzuela-Sánchez et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Featuring research on 🧪
🐙 Deep-sea mining impacts
🦖 Dinosaur skin spikes
🐒 Same-sex sexual behaviour in non-human primates
Cover image shows a Darwin's frog, from Valenzuela-Sánchez et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Our report of original cutaneous spikes over integument of an iguanodontian from China (Yxian, Barremian) in @natecoevo.nature.com 🐉🦔 !
@naturalsciences-be.bsky.social @cnrs.fr @rennesuniv.bsky.social @oseren.bsky.social and Anhui Geological Museum.
#paleontology #ornithopod #fossilskin #jeholbiota
@naturalsciences-be.bsky.social @cnrs.fr @rennesuniv.bsky.social @oseren.bsky.social and Anhui Geological Museum.
#paleontology #ornithopod #fossilskin #jeholbiota
February 10, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Our report of original cutaneous spikes over integument of an iguanodontian from China (Yxian, Barremian) in @natecoevo.nature.com 🐉🦔 !
@naturalsciences-be.bsky.social @cnrs.fr @rennesuniv.bsky.social @oseren.bsky.social and Anhui Geological Museum.
#paleontology #ornithopod #fossilskin #jeholbiota
@naturalsciences-be.bsky.social @cnrs.fr @rennesuniv.bsky.social @oseren.bsky.social and Anhui Geological Museum.
#paleontology #ornithopod #fossilskin #jeholbiota
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A juvenile iguanodontian 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, according to a paper in Nature Ecology & Evolution. go.nature.com/3MeZb7O #Paleosky 🧪
February 9, 2026 at 11:46 PM
A juvenile iguanodontian 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, according to a paper in Nature Ecology & Evolution. go.nature.com/3MeZb7O #Paleosky 🧪
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Drylands are globally resistant to invasive species!
Native biodiversity and aridity are key but increasing grazing pressure and eutrophication may change the game 🌐
Our new paper is here @natecoevo.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Native biodiversity and aridity are key but increasing grazing pressure and eutrophication may change the game 🌐
Our new paper is here @natecoevo.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Abiotic and biotic controls of non-native perennial plant success in drylands - Nature Ecology & Evolution
It is unclear whether the harsh abiotic conditions of drylands hinder biological invasions. This global analysis shows that drylands are vulnerable to non-native plants and are likely to become more s...
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February 7, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Drylands are globally resistant to invasive species!
Native biodiversity and aridity are key but increasing grazing pressure and eutrophication may change the game 🌐
Our new paper is here @natecoevo.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Native biodiversity and aridity are key but increasing grazing pressure and eutrophication may change the game 🌐
Our new paper is here @natecoevo.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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New in @natecoevo.nature.com, we show that nonlinear dynamics like oscillations & chaos occur in 81% of marine fish populations worldwide. Nonlinearity was correlated with the magnitude of fluctuations & amplified by temperature variation & in fast-lived species. 🌍🌐
Link: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Link: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Temperature variation and life history mediate nonlinearity in fluctuations of marine fish populations worldwide - Nature Ecology & Evolution
A global analysis of marine fish populations involving 243 recruitment and 266 spawner time series across 143 species finds that nonlinear dynamics are widespread and that the degree of nonlinearity i...
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February 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM
New in @natecoevo.nature.com, we show that nonlinear dynamics like oscillations & chaos occur in 81% of marine fish populations worldwide. Nonlinearity was correlated with the magnitude of fluctuations & amplified by temperature variation & in fast-lived species. 🌍🌐
Link: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Link: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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I invite you to check our paper entitled “Rebuilding Ukraine’s capacity for fundamental research in evolutionary biology” doi.org/10.1038/s415... in @natecoevo.nature.com about the Ukrainian School in Evolutionary Biology #USEB we organized in 2025.
#biology #evolution #school #science #Ukraine
#biology #evolution #school #science #Ukraine
February 9, 2026 at 3:23 PM
I invite you to check our paper entitled “Rebuilding Ukraine’s capacity for fundamental research in evolutionary biology” doi.org/10.1038/s415... in @natecoevo.nature.com about the Ukrainian School in Evolutionary Biology #USEB we organized in 2025.
#biology #evolution #school #science #Ukraine
#biology #evolution #school #science #Ukraine
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For almost two decades, scientists have debated whether sponges or comb jellies are the first animal lineage. A feature in Nature describes how some researchers are calling for a more harmonious approach. #evosky 🧪
What were the first animals? The fierce sponge–jelly battle that just won’t end
For almost two decades, scientists have debated whether sponges or comb jellies are the first animal lineage. Now some are calling for a more harmonious approach.
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February 9, 2026 at 2:22 AM
For almost two decades, scientists have debated whether sponges or comb jellies are the first animal lineage. A feature in Nature describes how some researchers are calling for a more harmonious approach. #evosky 🧪
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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...
Cellular-level preservation of cutaneous spikes in an Early Cretaceous iguanodontian dinosaur - Nature Ecology & Evolution
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 squama...
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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 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...
Cellular-level preservation of cutaneous spikes in an Early Cretaceous iguanodontian dinosaur - Nature Ecology & Evolution
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 squama...
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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...
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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 🌍 🧪
February 6, 2026 at 2:15 AM
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
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
Ferula sinkiangensis (新疆阿魏, xin jiang a wei) - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Hafiz Muhammed Wariss and Wenjun Li are captivated by a pungent but threatened medicinal plant.
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February 6, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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
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...
Evolution and diversity of oxidoreductases involved in redox balance and energy conservation - Nature Ecology & Evolution
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 r...
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February 6, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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...
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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...
Photoholes within cyanobacterial mats can account for the origin of anammox bacteria and ancient nitrogen loss - Nature Ecology & Evolution
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 acce...
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February 5, 2026 at 9:22 AM
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
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
Angola’s northern escarpment forest is disappearing before our eyes - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Nature Ecology & Evolution - Angola’s northern escarpment forest is disappearing before our eyes
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February 5, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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
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...
Photoholes within cyanobacterial mats can account for the origin of anammox bacteria and ancient nitrogen loss - Nature Ecology & Evolution
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 acce...
www.nature.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:22 AM
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
"From death comes diversity" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Free to read: rdcu.be/e2fBU
February 4, 2026 at 8:26 AM
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
"From death comes diversity" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Free to read: rdcu.be/e2fBU
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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
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
Making CITES count for sharks and rays - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Recent expanded Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) listings for sharks and rays are welcome — yet seizing this opportunity requires that internatio...
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February 3, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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
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...
Photoholes within cyanobacterial mats can account for the origin of anammox bacteria and ancient nitrogen loss - Nature Ecology & Evolution
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 acce...
www.nature.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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...