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Nature Ecology & Evolution publishes research and comment across the entire breadth of ecology and evolution, including both pure and applied topics. nature.com/natecolevol
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Spotlight on our AI policies: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our latest editorial clarifies some of our editorial policies on the use of generative AI, and offers some guidance for authors and reviewers.
Image of Box 1 from the November Editorial of Nature Ecology & Evolution entitled "Spotlight on our AI policies". The Box is titled "Dos and don'ts of generative AI tool use as authors and reviewers"
November 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Human biomass movement exceeds the biomass movement of all land animals combined 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Rosenberg et al show that land animal biomass movement is around 40 times smaller than all human biomass movement, with marine animal movement of biomass having halved since 1850
Fig 1a from Rosenberg et al "Human biomass movement exceeds the biomass movement of all land animals combined". The image compares the total biomass movement for humans, wild birds, wild mammals, livestock and arthropods.
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Our November Issue is now live: www.nature.com/natecolevol/...

Featuring research on 🧪

🦆Threats to migratory shorebirds
🌍Phosphorus constraints on global photosynthesis
🦠Evolution of the meerkat MHC

Cover shows a larva of an emperor moth, from Li et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cover image of the November issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution. The image shows a caterpillar of the emperor moth Gonimbrasia belina feeding on a leaf. The cover headline reads "Tree growth and herbivory"
November 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Water, water, everywhere 💧 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our October Editorial highlights four articles in this issue tackling distinct questions about how plants respond to water availability.
Screenshot of the full text of the October Editorial in Nature Ecology & Evolution. The title reads "Water, water, everywhere" and the standfirst reads "Understanding how terrestrial plants and ecosystems cope with shifts of water availability in space and time requires multiple approaches and collaborative efforts."
October 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Our October issue is now live: www.nature.com/natecolevol/...

Featuring research on: 🧪

💧Wetland carbon sequestration
🌊Starfish diversity in the deep sea
🧬Genetic architecture of reproductive success

Cover shows a colony of king penguins, from Carter et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cover image of the October issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution showing a colony of king penguins. The headline reads "Antarctic challenges"
October 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Adaptive ecosystem restoration to mitigate zoonotic risks www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This Perspective discusses essential considerations for how ecosystem restoration may influence spillover of zoonotic pathogens, and how such considerations may be integrated into restoration design 🧪
Fig 2 from Ecke et al 2025 in Nature Ecology Evolution. The figure legend reads "Zoonotic hazard as a function of habitat degradation and ecosystem restoration" and depicts 6 different habitat scenarios represented by a taiga forest in which habitat degradation, restoration and recovery can potentially influence the levels of zoonotic hazard
October 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Our September editorial discusses developments in soundscape ecology and passive acoustic monitoring www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🎤
Screenshot of the full text for the September 2025 Editorial in Nature Ecology & Evolution. The title reads "Sound science" and the introductory standfirst reads "Passive acoustic monitoring is opening up new opportunities for biodiversity monitoring, but there is still work to do to ensure that it represents a reliable method for biodiversity reporting."
September 16, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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New Books & Arts 👇

Marine muses: Rene Martin @lampichthys.bsky.social reviews "Ocean Art: From the Shore to the Deep" by @helenscales.bsky.social

"This book is a must-read for art enthusiasts and ocean lovers"

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Free to read: rdcu.be/eGpor
Cover image of the book "Ocean art" by Helen Scales featuring artwork depicting various marine organisms
September 15, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Our September issue is now live! www.nature.com/natecolevol/...

🧪 Featuring research on:

🦅 evolution of avian powered flight
🦷 Paranthropus teeth
🌴 tropical biodiversity loss

Cover shows a sunflower sea star, from Prentice et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cover image for the September issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution. The image shows a sunflower sea star, and the headline reads "Sea star mystery solved"
September 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Emerging threats to Antarctic conservation www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A horizon scan identifies and discusses ten developing challenges in Antarctic conservation, revealing an increased emphasis on challenges related to governance, geopolitics and economics

Free to read: rdcu.be/eA7My
Figure 2 from Carter et al 2025 in Nature Ecology & Evolution. The figure title reads "Visual summary of emerging and established Antarctic conservation challenges." and depicts visual vignettes of some of the main issues identified by the horizon scan. The image shows a land-sea transition zone in Antarctica where these issues may happen, for example one vignettes depicts and iceberg being towed by a boat with the intention of supplementing drinking water shortages.
August 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Our new Editorial is an update on author and reviewer diversity in our journal:
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Screenshot of thetext of the August 2025 Editorial in Nature Ecology & Evolution entitled "An update on author and reviewer diversity". The article standfirst reads: "Self-identified gender information on authors and reviewers across the Nature Portfolio allows us to report on current trends at Nature Ecology & Evolution."
August 7, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Our August issue is now live! www.nature.com/natecolevol/...

🧪 Featuring research on:

🧬 The antibiotic resistome
🌍 Palaeobiogeography of lagerpetids and early pterosaurs
🫄 Evolution of mammalian pregnancy

Cover shows a pangolin from Emogor et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cover of the August issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution. The image shows a pangolin curled up in a ball in the palm of a hand. The headline reads "Threat scales"
August 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Human contributions to global soundscapes are less predictable than the acoustic rhythms of wildlife www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Fig 1 from Somervuo et al "Human contributions to global soundscapes are less predictable than the acoustic rhythms of wildlife" in Nature Ecology & Evolution. The Figure shows a map of the world with sites where acoustic sampling took place, as well as when sampling took place
July 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Finally, our cover image for this month features the orchid mantis, which deceives both prey and predators using mimicry and camouflage at different life stages, as highlighted in new research from Pei et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cover image of the July issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution. The image shows and orchid mantis and the headline reads "Mechanisms of mimicry and camouflage"
July 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Our July issue is now live! www.nature.com/natecolevol/...

🧪Featuring research on:

🌴Regenerating tropical forests
🐊Early archosauromorph reptiles
🦑Bobtail squid visual and nervous systems

Cover shows an orchid mantis, from Pei et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cover of the July issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution showing an image of an orchid mantis. The headline reads "Mechanisms of mimicry and camouflage"
July 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Accessibility for all www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our June Editorial discusses the many barriers and challenges scientists with disabilities face during their careers, and highlights actions journals can take to improve accessibility
Screenshot of the full text PDF of Nature Ecology & Evolution's June 2025 Editorial entitled "Accessibility for all"
June 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Our June issue is now live! www.nature.com/natecolevol/...

Featuring research on:

🧬Airborne eDNA
💰Costs of biological invasions
🌡️Genomic predictions of temperature adaptation

Cover illustration by Marco Lawrence, based on Bradfer-Lawrence et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cover image of the June issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution showing an illustration of a woodpecker flying into woodland at the edge of a typical UK farmland landscape. The cover line reads "Land-use legacies"
June 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Six actions for ecologists in times of planetary crisis: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

✅Explicitly recognize and address the #biodiversity crisis
✅Explore positive futures
✅Defend academic freedom
✅Go political
✅Inspire society
✅Address the colonial legacy of ecology

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Screenshot of the title and author list from the Correspondence article "Six actions for ecologists in times of planetary crisis" from the Nature Ecology & Evolution homepage
June 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Read the accompanying News & Views commentary by Catherine Sheard 👇

"Some birds are left behind in a race to beat the heat" www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Free to read: rdcu.be/epgXI

Photo credits: Dave Menke (a; public domain), Glenn Bartley/All Canada Photos/Alamy Stock Photo (b).
Composite photo of a brown thrasher (Toxostoma rufum, winter range), and a Nashville warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla, summer range).
June 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Our May Editorial celebrates the many ways in which ecologists study the natural world 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Screenshot of the full text of the May 2025 Editorial in Nature Ecology & Evolution entitled "The many flavours of ecology". The article standfirst reads "Ecologists investigate a vast range of questions, scales and organisms, which makes their methods correspondingly varied. Each approach has value, and we should celebrate the variety of this scientific field."
May 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Our May issue is now live! www.nature.com/natecolevol/...

Featuring research on:

🦠 Primordial metabolism
🦋 Butterfly diversity
🪸 Reef restoration

Cover shows a prothonotary warbler at the entrance of a nest cavity. From Lipshutz et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cover image of the May 2025 issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution showing a a prothonotary warbler at the entrance of a nest cavity. The cover caption reads "Cavity convergence"
May 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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New Q&A

"Advocacy for disability in STEM"

Alyssa Paparella talks about her experiences with promoting accessibility in academia through her work with @disabledinstem.bsky.social.

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A close-up photo of Alyssa Paparella in a lab, and the DisabledInSTEM logo.
May 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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New Comment 👇

"Deep-pelagic ecosystems should be considered as social–ecological systems" www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Eduardo & Bertrand argue that deep-pelagic ecosystems are critical for climate regulation and food security but have been overlooked in deep-sea research and conservation.
Figure 1 from Eduardo & Bertrand 2025 Nature Ecology & Evolution, entitled "Deep-pelagic ecosystems should be considered as social–ecological systems". The figure shows a table outlining examples of key interactions between deep-pelagic ecosystems and human societies.
April 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Our April issue is now live! www.nature.com/natecolevol/...

Featuring research on:

🐟 mariculture impacts on biodiversity
🌿 genetics of plant camouflage
🫁 lung evolution

Cover shows an overwintering boreal fire in the Northwest Territories, Canada from Baltzer et al www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cover image of the April 2025 issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution showing an aerial photo of a smouldering boreal fire in Canada . The cover headline reads "Zombie fires"
April 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Our March issue is now live! www.nature.com/natecolevol/...

Featuring research on:

🌲boreal forest resilience
🦠microbial community invasion
🧬evolutionary divergence of X–Y chromosome genes

Cover shows a micro-CT scan of the humpback #anglerfish from Miller et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cover image of the March issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution showing a micro-CT scan of a humpback anglerfish. The cover headline reads "Deep-sea diversification"
March 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM