Glad to share our new study at @natcomms.nature.com which resulted from several workshops on the early warning signs of mass extinctions and coordination of macroevolutionary vulnerability and the states of carbon cycle and temperatures. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪⚒️ #Geology #Paleobio #EvoBio

A 10-million-year biogeographic holding pen primed the Great American Biotic Interchange | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A 10-million-year biogeographic holding pen primed the Great American Biotic Interchange

The movement of taxa between North and South America across the Panamanian land bridge, known as the Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI), established modern-day mammal assemblages in the Americas...

science.org

New paper: Mesolithic mariners in the Central Mediterranean made sustained, long distance sea journeys. Not accidents, one offs, and not rare events. See thread in the comments. academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar..., led by @jblinkhorn.bsky.social

The new paper from the RIVAGE working group is out 🎉 Check a summary of our findings on island exposure to global change here ➡️ link.growkudos.com/1f0hyldthq8 Or access the full paper here ➡️ www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🌐 Maps of biodiversity threats on islands for 2050 ✅ @frbiodiv.bsky.social

Island biodiversity disproportionately exposed to global change

Island ecosystems are biodiversity-rich, but face an alarming level of exposure to global change. We found that by 2050, climate change will be the dominant threat for 65% of islands; 22% will be affected primarily by land-use change; and 13% will face greater threats from biological invasions. We call for these ecosystems to be incorporated into global biodiversity conservation strategies and for their protection to be strengthened.

link.growkudos.com

From collections to conservation: the indispensable role of natural history museums The IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation iucn.org/news/202607/...

From collections to conservation: the indispensable role of natural history museums

The IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation: a formal acknowledgement that natural history museums,...

iucn.org

Sustained investment in specimen-based taxonomic research is key to moving towards effective conservation. iucn.org/news/202607/...

New #EcolClips! Why do some species go extinct? In our latest interview, we talk to Dr Tom Matthews from @unibirmingham.bsky.social about how we can predict #species extinction. A conversation about #extinction, adaptation and #biodiversity in the #Anthropocene. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrbH...

Can We Predict Extinction? with Dr. Tom Matthews | EcolClips

YouTube video by EcolClips

youtube.com

Our new paper on how human activities have reshaped #biodiversity patterns on #islands 🏝 is out in Science Advances: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Thrilled to be part of this super exciting project led by Tom Matthews! Neatly summarised by @ferransayol.bsky.social 🧵 👇

Emergent patterns of island biodiversity in the Anthropocene

Human impacts substantially affect our ability to detect and understand natural biodiversity patterns.

science.org

Ferran Sayol@ferransayol.bsky.social · 2w ago

New paper out! 🖨️ Glad to be part of this study, out in Science Advances: "Emergent patterns of island biodiversity in the Anthropocene" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Much of what looks natural in island biodiversity is a legacy of human impacts going back millennia. See main findings 👇🧵 (1/8)

💻 Our new website is now live! 💻 Over the past few months, we've been working hard to create a hub of resources designed to support the palaeontological community. 🔗 Find out more and visit the new site here: palaeoverse.org

📢 We’re hiring at Aarhus University! Tenure-track or permanent on vertebrate-driven #ecosystem processes, especially large #mammals w/in @econovoau.bsky.social's strong interdisciplinary environment spanning #ecology, paleoecology, biodiversity science & global change biology 🦬🌿🌍 ➡️More info below

Bigger brains made us human... but did evolution actually select for them? 🧠 This exciting new study challenges one of the classic assumptions about human evolution 🤯 Definitely worth a read. Congrats @katharv.bsky.social!

Evolutionary drivers of encephalization and facial reduction in the genus Homo - Nature Communications

This study tests the evolutionary processes shaping the cranial morphology of the genus Homo. The authors report a limited role of gradual directional selection and underscore the importance of stabil...

nature.com

If you've ever wondered what the inside of a crocodile's skull looks like, wonder no more! Here are 43 of them in our new paper led by @palaeoburke.bsky.social in which we evaluate endocranial anatomy across extant + fossil crocodylians 🐊: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @es-ucl.bsky.social

Computed tomography reveals the endocranial anatomy of Crocodylia: Implications for phylogenetic relationships and ecomorphological convergence across Crocodylomorpha

The evaluation of the endocranial anatomy of 43 crocodylian species reveals several differences, including variation in the curvature of the encephalic endocast, the size of the endosseous labyrinth ...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Today is the last day to apply to our open PhD position working on plant-associated above-belowground fungal microbiomes across the Galapagos! Based at the amazing @niooknaw.bsky.social 🌱🍄

PhD: Biogeography of plant-associated fungi on the Galapagos islands

In this project, you will investigate the biogeography of above- and belowground fungi associated with several Scalesia species. We aim to develop an integrated view of diversity and distribution of t...

nioo.knaw.nl

📚🦴 Delighted to share the Abstract Book of the 23rd EAVP, edited by Olivia Vanhaesebroucke and Darja Dankina! This volume brings together the abstracts presented at the 23rd EAVP Conference, featuring 142 oral and poster presentations✨ ⬇️ www.researchgate.net/publication/... #conference #paleontology

I’m recruiting a PhD student to join our lab in the fall of 2027. If you’re excited about phylogenetics, comp bio, paleobiology, stats theory, macroevolution, etc. please get in touch! Folks at #Evol2026, you can talk to @brpetrucci.bsky.social & @sigournie.bsky.social to learn more about our lab

I am thrilled that my dream project was funded by the #ERC @erc.europa.eu as a 5 year Advanced Grant! Final amount somewhere over €2M. I'll be advertising 2 postdocs (1 more empirical; one more theoretical), technician and research administrator in due time. erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

🚨 Excited to share our new paper on the #MiddlePalaeolithic site of Ras el-Kelb, #Lebanon 🪨🦴 A long overdue study! Using lithic analysis and use-wear approaches, we explore how hominins interacted with the landscape and exploited resources along the Lebanese coast during the MP #Levant 🏺🦣 👇

New perspectives on lithic technology and subsistence strategies at the middle palaeolithic site of Ras el-Kelb, Lebanon

The Middle Palaeolithic of the Central Levant remains a topic of ongoing debates concerning cultural variability, technological traditions, and homini…

sciencedirect.com

Interested in #macroevolution, #macroecology, and mountain biodiversity? I'm recruiting a #postdoc for an NSF-funded project at Yale, in collaboration with Martha Muñoz (Yale) and Maya Stokes (Florida State University). I'll be at #Evol2026 and happy to chat! Link below

If you're a biodiversity or paleoecology student looking for a postdoc, I would be happy to support fellows working with machine learning on projects related to extinction, biodiversity forecasting, or macroecological questions using fossil records (including ancient and/or environmental DNA):

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)

nsf.gov

Check out this postdoc opportunity with us at @econovoau.bsky.social🐪🌿🦌🍃🐂 #ungulates #megafauna #feralspecies #alienspecies #novelecosystems PS: For those at #WBF2026, we have quite a few related presentations in the FUT4 track on Wednesday🐪🌿

Jens-Christian Svenning@jcsvenning.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🌿 We are hiring a new 2-yr postdoc in @econovoau.bsky.social at @aarhusuniint.bsky.social, on large-#herbivore ecology, trophic #rewilding & novel ecosystems- asking when alien & feral #ungulates enhance biodiversity & when they contribute to degradation🐪🐎🦓 Deadline: 28 June 2026. Details below 👇

Excellent opportunity here: a 5 year senior research fellowship in Life Sciences (broadly defined) at All Souls College Oxford. Many opportunities to work with the diverse & inclusive community here in @biology.ox.ac.uk here in the brand new Life & Mind Buiilding www.asc.ox.ac.uk/post-doctora...

Turns out this link doesn't work. Try this one instead: ce0568li.webitrent.com/ce0568li_web...

Prof Susie Maidment@tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 2mo ago

National Museums Northern Ireland are hiring a curator of vertebrates!! Details here - deadline soon!! ce0568li.webitrent.com/ce0568li_web...

Excited to announce a 4-year PhD position at @niooknaw.bsky.social investigating the island biogeography of plant-associated fungi in the giant daisy radiation on the Galapagos. Please apply, share, and reach out with any questions! vacatures.knaw.nl/job/Wagening...

🧬 New paper in Cell! Analysis of 12 cave lion genomes shows that cave lions and modern lions may have diverged more than three times earlier than previously thought – as early as 1.7 million years ago! AND…they interbred when temperatures dropped! Paper: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... 🧵 1/9

Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History is hiring for a Research Zoologist (Curator of Crustacea) trustcareers.si.edu/en/postings/...

Research Zoologist (Curator of Crustacea), IS-0410-12

Job Opening: Research Zoologist (Curator of Crustacea), IS-0410-12 at National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.

trustcareers.si.edu

CT technician position available at the U-M Museum of Zoology/Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

Their large #mammal community analysis across 10 Ma shows relative homogeneity in functional structure across Eurasia & Africa, until today. Modern faunas show strong geographic structure, possibly reflecting Late #Pleistocene extinctions. 🔗 Read more 👇

No evidence that hominin dispersal across Eurasia was part of a wider turnover in mammal distributions - Nature Communications

Hominin dispersal out of Africa may have corresponded with exchanges of other fauna out of Africa. Here, the authors examine taxonomic and functional similarities in Eurasian and African fossil communities across 10 million years, finding no evidence of changes associated with faunal dispersal waves or hominin perturbations.

doi.org

State of the art review - of interest to island palaeontologists and biogeographers --- The potential of sedimentary ancient DNA to increase our understanding of island ecosystem dynamics biogeography.pensoft.net/articles.php...

The potential of sedimentary ancient DNA to increase our understanding of island ecosystem dynamics

Recent advances in sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) are transforming palaeoecological research and offer new opportunities to study biodiversity change on islands. We assess the potential of sedaDNA ...

biogeography.pensoft.net

Our (Jenny Dunn, Carolina Chagas, @willjsmith.bsky.social) paper on the evolution of island Wrens is finally out @evojlinnsoc.bsky.social! We describe the evolution of island gigantism in the St Kilda and Shetland subspecies. academic.oup.com/evolinnean/a...

Looking for a postdoc to join my group at the NHM London & work on aDNA of dogs/wolves! jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Postdoctoral Researcher ancient DNA:South Kensington

jobs.nhm.ac.uk