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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 9h

Our October issue is out now! Featuring research on: 🐈 Feliform evolution 🛣️ Forest fragmentation from roads 🐟 Gene-regulatory evolution in salmonids Cover image from Hausharter et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

October cover image for Nature Ecology & Evolution showing an alpine plant. The headline reads "Warming signals"

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 08/09/2026

Our September issue is out now! www.nature.com/natecolevol/... Featuring research on: 🌶️ Genome evolution of peppers 🐦🦋 Bird and butterfly declines 🦍 Obstetrical dilemmas across primates Cover image from Song et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Cover image for the September 2026 issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution. The image shows a diverse tropical forest from above, and the headline reads "Mechanisms of resilience"

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 21/08/2026

Trophic hotspots as a perspective for understanding and managing ecosystem function www.nature.com/articles/s41... Foraging species create hotspots of energy & nutrients as they move across landscapes. This piece discusses how they are are generated and how they contribute to ecosystem function

Figure 2 from Fernandes et al "Trophic hotspots as a perspective for understanding and managing ecosystem function". There are four panels with different photographic examples of trophic hotspots: four elephants at a mineral lick, sockeye salmon eggs spawning, the mass emergence of mayfies, and seasonal flooding of the Tonle Sap lake in Cambodia inundates vast expanses of floodplain, fuelling freshwater fisheries

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 06/08/2026

Our August issue is out now! www.nature.com/natecolevol/... Featuring research on: 🌊 Algal blooms 🦋 Butterfly range shifts 🐦 Passerine body plan evolution Cover image from Arbon et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Cover image for the August 2026 issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution showing a dwarf mongoose standing on a tree branch. The headline reads "Intergroup rivalries"

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 05/08/2026

Serving the truth or the state? rdcu.be/fx3na Megan Raby reviews a fascinating new book highlighting the involvement of American Museum of Natural History scientists in US government intelligence-gathering activities in Latin America and the Caribbean during World War I

Cover image of the book "Scientists or spies? The American Museum of Natural History in World War I Latin America" by Roberta Marx Delson. The image is largely text except for a globe in the top right hand corner.

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 09/07/2026

Our July issue is now live! www.nature.com/natecolevol/... Featuring research on: ⛏️ Impacts of nickel mining 🪸 Habitat complexity on coral reefs 🦠 Evolution of osmotrophy Cover image from Guhlin et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Cover image for the July 2026 issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution. The image shows a Yellow-eyed penguin adult with chick. The cover headline reads "Penguin population divergence"

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 24/06/2026

Our latest Editorial gives some tips on how to pitch your Review and Opinion pieces to our editors 👇 A pitch in time www.nature.com/articles/s41... Sending a thorough pitch to editors before writing a full piece can be constructive and time-saving.

Full text of the June 2026 Editorial in Nature Ecology & Evolution. The title reads "A pitch in time" and the summary standfirst reads "The proverb ‘a stitch in time saves nine’ refers to fixing something before a problem gets larger. A similar line of thought applies to our consideration of opinion or review content: sending a thorough pitch to editors before writing a full piece can be constructive and time-saving."

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 11/06/2026

Our June issue is now live! www.nature.com/natecolevol/... Featuring research on: 🦋 Insect declines 🧬 3D genome architecture 🐬 A new basal species of Cetacea Cover image from Åkerman et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Cover for the June 2026 issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution. It shows a Pacific starry skate viewed from above, the cover headline reads "Eyespot evolution"

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 21/05/2026

Hidden patterns in fauna compensation values in European biodiversity legislation 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41... A compilation of monetary compensation values assigned to species in the legal frameworks of 24 European countries identifies implicit taxonomic and trait influences on these values

Fig 2 from Franckx & Rousseau (2026) shows the phylogenetic distribution of species with legal monetary compensation values in European countries.

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 12/05/2026

Our May issue features a Focus on "Impacts of extreme events on biodiversity" www.nature.com/natecolevol/... Including research on: ☀️Effects of the 2021 North American 'heat dome' 🐟Heatwave impacts on fish biomass 🌳Forest resilience after extreme drought Cover image from Baum et al rdcu.be/fikFt

Cover image for the May 2026 issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution depicting mass mortality of mussels during the 2021 North American 'heat dome'. The cover line reads "Extreme impacts". The image is from Baum et al. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-026-02987-6

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 13/04/2026

Our April issue is now live! www.nature.com/natecolevol/... Featuring research on: 🦑 squid and cuttlefish diversification 🌊 priority questions for blue carbon science 🐦‍⬛ the emergence of Usutu virus Cover image from Zhou et al (credit @frankashwood.bsky.social ) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Cover image for the April 2026 issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution. The image shows a close-up image of a black and orange collembolan foraging in soil. The headline reads "Soil trophic diversity".

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 11/03/2026

Our March issue is a Focus on "Evolution in medicine", out now! www.nature.com/natecolevol/... Including research & opinion on: ➡️Somatic evolution and health ➡️Predicting intrahost evolution ➡️Collateral sensitivity during antibiotic therapy Cover illustration by Alex Cagan @atjcagan.bsky.social

Cover of the March 2026 issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution. The image is inspired by Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man and depicts clonal evolution within our bodies and pathogens that affect our health via different sized circles within the man and images of microbes around the edges. There is a phylogenetic tree representing evolutionary approaches to medicine.

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 10/02/2026

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...

Cover image for the February issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution showing a Darwin's frog sitting on a log, resting its front leg on a mushroom. The cover line reads "Hidden epidemics"

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 09/01/2026

Our January issue is now live: www.nature.com/natecolevol/... Featuring research on 🧪 🐝 pesticide impacts on wild bees 🪺 population genomics of avian brood parasitism 🌱 the origins of terrestrial herbivory Cover image from Abraham et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Cover image for the January 2026 issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution. The photo shows a giraffe emerging from behind some vegetation. The cover headline reads "Megaherbivores and salt"

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 09/01/2026

Plant diversity enhances ecosystem resistance to increasing grazing pressure in global drylands 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Extended Data Fig 1 from Biancari et al "Plant diversity enhances ecosystem resistance to increasing grazing pressure in global drylands". The image shows a map of global aridity with 8 representative photos of different dryland sites sampled in the study

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 09/12/2025

Our December issue is now live: www.nature.com/natecolevol/... Featuring research on 🧪 🦏 rhinocerotid dispersal in the mid-Cenozoic 🐟 biodiversity responses to freshwater stressors 🦋 evolution of butterfly eyespots Cover shows a Korean seahorse, from Meyer et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Cover image for the December issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution. The image shows a male Korean seahorse and its young. The cover line reads "Role reversals"

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 12/11/2025

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"

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 11/11/2025

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.

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 06/11/2025

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"

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 14/10/2025

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."

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 08/10/2025

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"

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 07/10/2025

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

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 16/09/2025

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."

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 15/09/2025

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" www.nature.com/articles/s41... Free to read: rdcu.be/eGpor

Cover image of the book "Ocean art" by Helen Scales featuring artwork depicting various marine organisms

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 09/09/2025

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"

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 18/08/2025

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.

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 07/08/2025

Our new Editorial is an update on author and reviewer diversity in our journal: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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."

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 06/08/2025

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"

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 14/07/2025

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

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 10/07/2025

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"

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 09/07/2025

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"

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 13/06/2025

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"

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 10/06/2025

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"

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 10/06/2025

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 Free to read: rdcu.be/eqjlk

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

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 03/06/2025

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).

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 14/05/2025

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."

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 12/05/2025

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"

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 05/05/2025

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. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 25/04/2025

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.

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 08/04/2025

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"

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 11/03/2025

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"

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 03/03/2025

In our latest Editorial we discuss the continuing damage being done to US science, and its impact on researchers and the environment 👇 Deep cuts: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Screenshot of text from a Nature Ecology & Evolution Editorial entitled "Deep cuts"

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 10/02/2025

Our February issue is now live! www.nature.com/natecolevol/... Featuring: 🌴 the state of living plant collections 🍃 ethical sampling of herbaria, 💀 hominin population structure, 🌻 genomic divergence in sunflowers

Front cover of the February issue of Nature Ecoloy & Evolution, showing a diverse display of tropical plant species under ex situ cultivation in a glasshouse

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 14/01/2025

January Editorial: We look back at papers published in NEE in 2024 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #1 Cited: 🔥 Extreme wildfires www.nature.com/articles/s41... #1 Accessed: 🦠 The nature of LUCA www.nature.com/articles/s41... #1 Altmetric: 🐘 Name-calling elephants www.nature.com/articles/s41...

All 12 cover images from Nature Ecology & Evolution during 2024

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 10/01/2025

Our January issue is now live! www.nature.com/natecolevol/... Feat. two studies on lemur evolution and diversity, research on prehistoric cattle husbandry, zoonotic disease transmission, plus our annual Year in Review highlights Cover image from van Elst et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Cover image from the January 2025 issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution, depicting a mouse lemur

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 06/01/2025

New Perspective: Establishing bio-logging data collections as dynamic archives of animal life on Earth rdcu.be/d5ril Davidson et al discuss the importance of standardization, long-term archiving and sharing of bio-logging data, and outline a roadmap to achieve these goals.

Fig 2 from Davidson et al. outlining proposed set of standards for bio-logging data.

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 18/12/2024

Our December issue is now live! nature.com/natecolevol/... Feat. research on plant responses to climate change, obstetric selection, aDNA of Tibetan Plateau populations, and a Perspective on tracking progress on the KMGBF Cover image from Hoffman et al. nature.com/articles/s41...

Cover image of the December issue of Nature Ecology and Evolution, showing a male northern elephant seal bellowing

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