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The American Naturalist, scholarly journal of evolutionary biology and ecology, pioneer of Open Data, affiliated with American Society of Naturalists and our nonprofit publisher (UChicago Press). All articles are Green Open Access compatible.
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Less than two weeks left to submit your nominations for the Dobzhansky Prize! This award recognizes the accomplishments and future promise of an outstanding early-career evolutionary biologist. Submit your nomination by Dec. 1! shorturl.at/p70wY
Text: Society for the Study of Evolution Dobzhansky Prize to recognize the accomplishments and future promise of an outstanding early-career evolutionary biologist. Nominations due December 1, 2025.
November 18, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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VP Symposium: Preservation of Genetic Diversity and Selection over a Century in a Coral Reef Fish (Taeniamia zosterophora) in the Philippines by Fitz et al.

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November 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Just to clarify, winners of the AmNat Student Paper Awards for 2025 and 2026 articles have yet to be decided. We apologize for implying otherwise in some recent posts. We have been in touch with the authors in question with apologies & further explanation. All eligible papers remain in the running!
November 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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So cool to see ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada) -- my native language in @asn-amnat.bsky.social 😍
volkerrudolf.bsky.social Volker Rudolf @volkerrudolf.bsky.social · 7d
This is a reminder that @asn-amnat.bsky.social publishes abstracts in both English and your native language, using your native alphabet. You can see and read those online. Here is a screenshot of a great example. Love seeing this in my favorite journal.
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Have thoughts for a special symposium at the Virtual Evolution meeting (May 20-22, 2026)? The @asn-amnat.bsky.social is looking for proposals! Click here to pitch your idea or find out more: www.amnat.org/announcement... #Evol2026
Call for Symposium Proposals for Evolution 2026
<p><strong>Due January 15, 2026:</strong> The ASN invites proposals for a special symposium at Evolution 2026! Have an idea? We want to hear it!</p><br/>
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November 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Available now in @asn-amnat.bsky.social ! Taking on some big-scale natural history: processed >40k @inaturalist.bsky.social images of Monarda fistulosa using computer vision to query for flower presence and phenotype flower color: doi.org/10.1086/739413
November 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Do older birds claim better territories, and does this drive age biases in space over time? Woodman et al. use 45 years of data to suggest that habitat quality - not age - shapes spatial demography.

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November 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Pollinator and Flower Morphology Interact to Affect Pollen Receipt by Newman et al.

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November 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Yuan et al. discover why female frogs grow larger: male competition drives size when mates are scarce. Monogamous species show the strongest link, and both temperature and predation shape this dance.

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November 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Evolution in one sex is often affected by selection acting on the opposite sex. Geeta Arun et al. explore this using fruit flies and find that responses to selection are largely parallel between sexes.

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Using Sex-Specific Robertson Covariances to Estimate Within- and Cross-Sex Responses to Selection on Reproductive Traits in Drosophila melanogaster | The American Naturalist
Abstract In organisms with separate sexes, the expected evolutionary change in a trait due to selection can be expressed using sex-specific Robertson covariances (RCs), that is, the additive genetic c...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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VP Symposium: The Contributions of Microbial Interactions to Abrupt Ecosystem Changes during the Late Quaternary by Braga et al.

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The Contributions of Microbial Interactions to Abrupt Ecosystem Changes during the Late Quaternary* | The American Naturalist
Abstract Abrupt ecosystem shifts during the Late Quaternary coincided with major climatic changes and intensified human activities, but the precise causes of these shifts remain debated. Here, buildin...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Faurby et al. analyze diversification and colonization rate in living and extinct Carnivora, finding that colonizers diversify faster and suggesting that the patterns are best explained by heritable variation in completive ability between clades.

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Good Colonizers Diversify Faster | The American Naturalist
Abstract Variation in colonization ability (comprising the dispersal and successful establishment of lineages in new regions) and its connection to species diversification may be one of the major reas...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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2025 ਵਿਦਿਆਰਥੀ ਪੇਪਰ ਅਵਾਰਡ: ਇੱਕ ਲਿੰਗ ਵਿੱਚ ਵਿਕਾਸ ਅਕਸਰ ਵਿਰੋਧੀ ਲਿੰਗ 'ਤੇ ਚੋਣ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਵਿਤ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ। ਗੀਤਾ ਅਰੁਣ ਅਤੇ ਹੋਰ। ਫਲਾਂ ਦੀਆਂ ਮੱਖੀਆਂ ਦੀ ਵਰਤੋਂ ਕਰਕੇ ਇਸਦੀ ਪੜਚੋਲ ਕਰੋ ਅਤੇ ਪਤਾ ਲਗਾਓ ਕਿ ਚੋਣ ਪ੍ਰਤੀ ਪ੍ਰਤੀਕਿਰਿਆਵਾਂ ਲਿੰਗਾਂ ਵਿਚਕਾਰ ਵੱਡੇ ਪੱਧਰ 'ਤੇ ਸਮਾਨਾਂਤਰ ਹਨ।

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Using Sex-Specific Robertson Covariances to Estimate Within- and Cross-Sex Responses to Selection on Reproductive Traits in Drosophila melanogaster | The American Naturalist
Abstract In organisms with separate sexes, the expected evolutionary change in a trait due to selection can be expressed using sex-specific Robertson covariances (RCs), that is, the additive genetic c...
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November 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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ASN Address: The Study of Mutualism, Past, Present, and Future by Bronstein

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The Study of Mutualism, Past, Present, and Future* | The American Naturalist
Abstract After a fitful start, the conceptual study of mutualism (mutually beneficial interspecific interactions) is now flourishing. In 1994, I reviewed the status of the field as reflected in the pe...
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November 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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The Undergraduate Community at Evolution program provides travel funding, mentoring, and a presentation opportunity at #Evol2026. Please share with undergrads in your lab! www.evolutionsociety.org/content/educ...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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New paper from @joewoodman.bsky.social et al in @asn-amnat.bsky.social uses the long-term study of Great Tits in Wytham Woods to ask how differently aged birds are distributed in space & what consequences this has for spatial variation in reproductive output
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November 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Wonderful description by @pothebug.bsky.social about our #NaturalHistory paper in @asn-amnat.bsky.social!

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A bug of many hats – The red-shouldered soapberry bug as a pollinating seed-predator
<p>Read about &ldquo;A New Twist on an Old Story: Pollination and Seed Predation in Jadera haematoloma&rdquo; by Mattheau S. Comerford, Scott. P. Carroll, and Scott P. Egan (August&nbsp;2025)</p><br/>...
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November 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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danielbolnick.bsky.social
Great new podcast episode from @bigbiology.bsky.social about the @asn-amnat.bsky.social survey by @drk-lo.bsky.social of how federal funding and policy changes this year have impacted organismal biology researchers in the US
October 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Nifty Natural History Note in @asn-amnat.bsky.social: these frogs can change color from green to brown to hide against different-colored backgrounds (Image: Hugo Claessen, Wikimedia) 🌿

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A waxy-looking frog with a green back and upper surfaces and a yellow belly, photographed on a green leaf
October 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Innes-Gold et al. found that both biotic factors like herbivory and abiotic factors like water temperature mediate the intriguing phenomenon of coral reef halos.

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A drawing of a reef with three large fish in the foreground and plants on the left side of the image in the background.
November 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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ASN VP Symposium: Phenological Shifts in Plants and Pollinators over a Century Disrupt Interaction Persistence by Zoller et al.

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Phenological Shifts in Plants and Pollinators over a Century Disrupt Interaction Persistence* | The American Naturalist
Abstract Mutualistic interactions between plants and pollinators play an important role in supporting biodiversity and ecosystem stability. However, these interactions are increasingly threatened by c...
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November 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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ASN VP Symposium: Functional Resurveys and Models Reveal the Interplay of Plasticity and Evolution of Pierid Butterflies in Response to Recent Climate Change by Buckley and Kingsolver

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Functional Resurveys and Models Reveal the Interplay of Plasticity and Evolution of Pierid Butterflies in Response to Recent Climate Change* | The American Naturalist
Abstract The extent of contemporary evolution, which is mediated by interactions with plasticity, will be an important determinant of biological responses to climate change. We synthesize two function...
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November 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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A bug of many hats – The red-shouldered soapberry bug as a pollinating seed-predator
Summary & Analysis by Pooja Nathan of “A New Twist on an Old Story: Pollination and Seed Predation in Jadera haematoloma” by Comerford et al.

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Fire Transforms Landscape Color, Affecting Camouflaging Animals
<p>Read about &ldquo;Differential survival and background selection in cryptic trunk-dwelling arthropods in fire-prone environments&rdquo; by Jo&atilde;o Vitor de Alcantara Viana, Rafael Campos Duarte...
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November 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Fire Transforms Landscape Color, Affecting Camouflaging Animals
Summary & Analysis by Regina Fairbanks of “Differential survival and background selection in cryptic trunk-dwelling arthropods in fire-prone environments” by de Alcantara Viana et al.

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Fire Transforms Landscape Color, Affecting Camouflaging Animals
<p>Read about &ldquo;Differential survival and background selection in cryptic trunk-dwelling arthropods in fire-prone environments&rdquo; by Jo&atilde;o Vitor de Alcantara Viana, Rafael Campos Duarte...
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November 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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The Characteristics of Inducible Defenses Influence Predator-Prey Dynamics by Cortez et al.

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November 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM