Adaptive radiations produce striking phenotypic diversity over remarkably short evolutionary timescales. This study uses genomic analyses of Darwin’s tree finches to reveal a cryptic lineage, in which...

The Arctic Circle is one of Earth's most extreme environments. It features cold temperatures, resource shortages, and near-complete winter darkness. H…

Abby Williams, Andrea Estandía, Ashley T Sendell-Price, Amanda M Carpenter, Dmitry Filatov, Kristen Ruegg, Sonya M Clegg; Recent hybridisation and extincti

Abstract. Balancing selection refers to scenarios where selection maintains genetic polymorphisms affecting fitness and its components. Empirical studies h

Garrett, Ibsen et al. document how the long-term dependency of a specialized pollination system creates an evolutionary signature on the genomes of interacting partners.

Abstract. Climate change is reshaping marine ecosystems at an accelerating pace. Predicting its impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem functions is therefor

An analysis of a global database of 423 studies and >200,000 data points outlines the strength and generality of biodiversity relationships with ecosystem functioning and services.

Scientific Reports - Genomic insights into the persistence of Nubian giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis) in conflict-affected South Sudan

Multi-taxa genomic data offer valuable opportunities to assess the extent to which co-distributed taxa exhibit parallel responses to shared environmental regimes and climatic history. In this study, ....

Abstract. Successful implementation of evolutionary programs to rescue climatically threatened species requires identification of adaptive variation. Altho

International trade of shark fins remains difficult to monitor because products are rarely labelled to species and are often highly processed, resulting in severely degraded DNA. For several shark sp...

Spatial variation in the magnitude and pace of climate change impacts means some species will be more affected than others. This includes those occurring within global biodiversity hotspots, regions ....

Changes in insect diversity and abundance can affect vertebrates but understanding these consequences relies on having rich information about vertebrate–insect interactions. This Review summarizes the...

Trophy hunting is one of the most contested conservation activities. There is mounting pressure in the Global North for policy changes that would dramatically curtail the activity across Africa. We s...

Heredity - Agriculture affects genetic diversity and functional connectivity in an ecologically flexible West African primate

Abstract. The Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN) is an international consortium of biodiversity biobanks and collections that strives to standardize

Genomic mechanisms explaining why some hybrid zones remain stable while others collapse into hybrid swarms are poorly understood. In Montana's Kootenai River Basin, native interior redband trout (Onc...

This study performed reannotation of the genomes of two felid species and conducted the first genomic analysis of body size variation and evolution in Felidae. Our results demonstrate that felid body...

An updated phylogeny of bats is presented, based on new genome assemblies and many ancient fossils and including all known bat families.

Abstract. Global insect pollinator populations are under threat, with reported declines attributed to increasing habitat loss, pesticide use, and disease.

Halting deforestation and promoting restoration are at the core of strategies to confront the biodiversity and climate crises in tropical forests. Avoiding forest disturbances is also critically impor...

Lescroart, Nogales-Ascarrunz, et al. demonstrate that the contentious tiger cat species complex consists of five cryptic species. Based on analyses of 38 whole genomes from the Neotropical cat genus L...

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Heredity - The effective size of the Scandinavian wolf population is too small for both short- and long-term conservation

We investigated genetic diversity and population structure of Eurasian goshawks (Astur gentilis) across urban, suburban, and rural habitats in Finland using microsatellite markers. Genetic diversity ...

This work evaluates the use of environmental DNA (eDNA) to detect the Critically Endangered Jambato Harlequin Frog (Atelopus ignescens)—an iconic species once thought extinct and now known only from ....

The distribution of fitness effects (DFE) describes the impact of mutations on an organism's ability to reproduce, but how and why does the DFE vary among species? This study analyzes genetic variatio...

Theory suggests sexual selection will enhance population viability by purging deleterious alleles. However, direct genomic evidence for this fundam...

Scientific Reports - Genomic insights into the persistence of Nubian giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis) in conflict-affected South Sudan

Maintaining genetic connectivity is a central requirement for the long-term persistence of wide-ranging wildlife populations in increasingly human-modified landscapes. Population genetic approaches pr...

Heredity - Genomic consequences of admixture in an experimentally founded sand lizard population

Cassatt-Johnstone et al. use paleogenomics to show that extinct American cheetahs were most closely related to pumas, not cheetahs. These cats ranged far into the Arctic and exploited aquatic prey, th...

Nature Reviews Biodiversity - Online illegal wildlife trade threatens species, ecosystems and human well-being. This Review examines the species and products involved, online platforms, drivers,...

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Massive plant-eating mammals, or megaherbivores, once engineered African landscapes but are nearly gone today. This new analysis of their fossil record suggests their decline was driven not only by hi...

Scientific Reports - Genetic rescue stabilizes diversity in small isolated populations of Bonneville cutthroat trout