We found that Amazons and Sailfins differed in their qualitative, but not quantitative, resistance to parasites. Amazons had worse qualitative resistance (i.e., were more likely to be infected with a...

On sheltered shores of the Swedish west coast, the canopy-forming seaweeds Fucus spiralis and F. vesiculosus meet across an intertidal gradient only tens of centimetres wide. Genome-wide data resolve....

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This study documents the first detailed case of kleptoparasitism in cetaceans, with observations of a Common Bottlenose Dolphin repeatedly pursuing Bigeye Trevally to induce the fish to regurgitate t...

Using a simpler predator-prey pairing of a semi-sessile rotifer and motile algae, the Predator-Prey Encounter Detection (PrED) model aims to streamline and semi-automate video analysis of species int...

Ecology & Evolution is a broad open access journal welcoming research in ecology, evolution, and conservation science, and providing a forum for evidence-based views.

We identify key challenges associated with GenAI integration in the field of ecology and provide seven actionable guidelines to support its responsible and effective use. More broadly, we call for a ....

This global survey of early career palaeontologists provides the first quantitative data regarding the prevalence of field skills training and field work among junior researchers of the discipline. T....

Custom hatch timing models developed for four North American Lithobates frog species. Models are parameterized from Moore (1939). Panels (A, B) shows differential developmental rates under varying th....

In a survey of > 1600 specimens across all mammalian orders, we found that most species present dental calculus. We found calculus production to be strongly associated with herbivory, and we provide ...

Reproductive isolation often accumulates unevenly during speciation, but when an early ecological barrier such as host-associated habitat isolation is already very strong, it remains unclear whether,...

Elevated humidity and temperature altered nest microbial composition and its associations with parasitism and nestling condition. These findings identify nest microclimate as an important driver of n...

How species number, synchrony, species life strategies, and environmental conditions interact and contribute to community stability is still unclear. We compiled a worldwide dataset of time series fr...

We collected > 3100 heat tolerance records reported in degrees Celsius, from terrestrial plants encompassing > 1700 taxa, > 1000 genera, and > 200 families from years 1935–2024. Our database is globa...

Masturbation has been sporadically documented across animal groups, yet the evolutionary origins and persistence of this sexual behaviour are largely unexplored. Through combining targeted surveys wi...

Study finds activity is not harmful or caused by stress of captivity – and is in fact more common in wild birds

Shifting fire regimes pose immediate threats to animal conservation. Swedish birds appear to mostly ignore prescribed fire, and some species even continue to sing. Behavioural plasticity towards fire...

Here we document seven observations of Echeneidae cloacal diving behavior in manta rays and one observation of gill attachment behavior. These observations span all three currently described species ...

Male and female Cheirotonus formosanus. Adults have metallic dark-brown elytra with scattered light-brown spots and golden hairs covering the ventral thorax and abdomen. Body length ranges from ~50 t...

We show evidence for differential host use among the three sympatric Caenorhabditis, and a novel association with nitidulid beetles for C. apta sp. n. This information adds to our understanding of ho....

Male and female Cheirotonus formosanus. Adults have metallic dark-brown elytra with scattered light-brown spots and golden hairs covering the ventral thorax and abdomen. Body length ranges from ~50 t....

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Understanding how diversity-productivity relationships vary across environmental contexts is critical for predicting grassland responses to climate change and guiding restoration. Using a reciprocal ...

While many plant species are shifting their ranges uphill in response to climate change, a substantial portion of species have exhibited a downhill shift, opposite to the expected response under clim....

Science and society continuously shape one another; this relationship determines what science is funded, which inquiries are pursued, and whose voices are included in the production and dissemination...

In animal societies, one's social rank determines access to resources like food, mates, and allies. Using longitudinal data on 481 spotted hyenas, we tested two common social rank metrics with differ...