My #ExE2026 conference post is now live! It was great chatting with attendees about their research and learning more about the field. Thanks again to the organisers @erikpostma.bsky.social, @btschirren.bsky.social, @blongdon.bsky.social, @ali--wilson.bsky.social, and @hansonmark.bsky.social!

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Our Associate Editor @sarahjose.bsky.social reports back from #ExE2026 at @uniexecec.bsky.social. Key themes included microbiomes, ageing, behaviour, environmental change, long-term studies such as @soaysheep.bsky.social, and @plos.org focus area of Open Science. everyone.plos.org/2026/07/21/f...

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Four new groups of cacao genotypes identified in indigenous Amazonian Peru, which may help to improve breeding of cacao for #chocolate production #plantscience #plantsci doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Genetic structure of traditional cacao reveals four new genetic lineages in indigenous Amazonian sites in Peru

Cacao genetic resources in Peru are largely uncharacterized. Knowledge of their genetic structure is needed for their conservation and use. Indigenous on-farm cacao trees (n = 390) from the Department...

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Research assessment is more than articles and citations. Open practices can show how research is shared, reused, and made accessible. Explore these trends #OpenScienceIndicators with @dataseerai.bsky.social, now covering 187,400 open access articles. Explore the dashboard: plos.io/4oW0c3k

Thanks! Really interesting talk and research! #ExE2026

Adam Lendvai@lendvaiaz.bsky.social · last mo.

Many thanks. And here is the more recent paper about the heritability of the endocrine plasticity: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Roli Roberts@roliroberts.bsky.social · last mo.

Fantastic final plenary at #SMBE2026 by Moises Exposito-Alonso; transplant experiments suggest that Arabidopsis populations are lagging in adaptation to rising temperature by 2°C; other species likely worse.

Researchers in #EvolutionaryBiology & #Ecology wanting to do the right thing? @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social at #SMBE2026 talking about DAFNEE, a database of >600 #ecoevo #evoeco academia-friendly journals for "responsible publishing" - @plos.org seems to do OK here...!

One for the #microbiome crowd at #ExE2026!

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A new study by Marquez Rosales and colleagues shows feeding can rapidly alter gut bacterial behavior in zebrafish, with rotifer consumption dispersing aggregates and reducing pathogenic activity, reshaping microbiome dynamics. plos.io/4b7BNCb

The sun is setting on another day of #ExE2026. Thanks to the organisers @erikpostma.bsky.social @btschirren.bsky.social @blongdon.bsky.social @ali--wilson.bsky.social and @hansonmark.bsky.social for a fantastic meeting!

Bonnie Fraser spoke about rapid and repeatable selection in her high- and low-predation guppy system. More on this in PLOS Genetics: doi.org/10.1371/jour... #ExE2026

Drainage-structuring of ancestral variation and a common functional pathway shape limited genomic convergence in natural high- and low-predation guppies

Author summary Convergent evolution is the process whereby similar phenotypes evolve in response to common selection in independent lineages, providing strong evidence of adaptation in response to nat...

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Another great talk on heritable hormonal plasticity in birds from @lendvaiaz.bsky.social at #ExE2026! Here's that @plosone.org paper he mentioned: doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0110564

Experimental Food Restriction Reveals Individual Differences in Corticosterone Reaction Norms with No Oxidative Costs

Highly plastic endocrine traits are thought to play a central role in allowing organisms to respond rapidly to environmental change. Yet, not all individuals display the same degree of plasticity in t...

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Robert Bücking presented work on infant microbiomes in industrialised and non-industrialised regions. Impressive work built on #openscience and #opendata, which you can read in the preprint here: doi.org/10.64898/202... His closing request? Please clean up metadata for future dataset reuse! #ExE2026

Global analysis of infant gut microbiota revealed distinctive maturation dynamics across lifestyles

The infant gut microbiome develops during the first years of life and influences long-term health through its interaction with immune system development. However, our understanding of early-life micro...

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Final #ExE2026 plenary from @danielbolnick.bsky.social! Really fantastic eco-evo story of parasite-host interactions highlighting the importance of long-term research. The deep understanding of the study system even led to unexpected implications for human health, as well as #ecology and #evolution!

Excursion day at #ExE2026! I really enjoyed our amazing guided tour of Glendurgan Garden, learning more about the beautiful plants in this subtropical "Heaven on Earth" in #Cornwall!

Another fantastic day at #ExE2026! It's been a pleasure chatting with so many of you and learning more about your research! :) If you're working on ecosystems, don't forget that our new journal PLOS Ecosystems is now welcoming submissions! journals.plos.org/ecosystems/

A new study by Wendland and colleagues explores thermal limits for the first tree on terraformed Mars, finding hypothetical habitable windows may emerge in regions like Hellas Basin, but temperature alone is not enough for tree growth.

Conceptual thermal constraints on the growth of the first tree on a terraformed Mars

The environmental conditions on present‑day Mars are far outside the range tolerated by known complex terrestrial life. Conceptual climate studies have suggested that, in hypothetical terraforming…

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Really nice to hear from Liam Lachs that hope is not lost for coral reefs; natural and artificial selection may allow them to endure #climatechange. Read more in these two papers in @plosclimate.org and @plosone.org: doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000453 doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0309719 #ExE2026

High coral heat tolerance at local-scale thermal refugia

Marine heatwaves and mass bleaching have devastated coral populations globally, yet bleaching severity often varies among reefs. To what extent a reef’s past exposure to heat stress influences coral b...

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Another great plenary at #ExE2026, this time from Trine Bilde! I'd never heard of social spiders before! Here's that @plosone.org study about inbreeding in the spiders: doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029636 🕷️

Moderate Multiple Parentage and Low Genetic Variation Reduces the Potential for Genetic Incompatibility Avoidance Despite High Risk of Inbreeding

Background Polyandry is widespread throughout the animal kingdom. In the absence of direct benefits of mating with different males, the underlying basis for polyandry is enigmatic because it can carry...

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More on the meiotic drive of stalk-eyed flies from Andrew Pomiankowski in this recent @plos.org Genetics paper: doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011816 #ExE2026

Single-cell consequences of X-linked meiotic drive in stalk-eyed flies

Author summary Meiotic drivers, a class of selfish gene, are frequently located on sex chromosomes and have dramatic impacts on gamete development. However, our understanding of their molecular conseq...

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Excellent plenary on the evolutionary ecology of senescence in animals from Dan Nussey this morning at #ExE2026! If you liked that, you might enjoy his recent Essay on the evolutionary genetic and physiological theories of aging in @plosbiology.org: doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002513

Looking forward to a brilliant week of Evolution and Ecology at #ExE2026, hosted by @uniexecec.bsky.social! I'm here from @plos.org (@plosone.org) so please feel free to come chat about publishing with us, or just to show off your research! 🦔🌱🧬🦊🦠🌲

Our Associate Editor @sarahjose.bsky.social will be attending the #ExE2026 conference next week in sunny Cornwall. She'd love to hear more about your research or have a chat about publishing in @plosone.org, @plosbiology.org, or our exciting new journal PLOS Ecosystems!

Annesha is very knowledgeable and great to talk to about all things #publishing and #OpenScience! Highly recommend stopping her for a chat at @edopenresearch.bsky.social!

PLOS One@plosone.org · 2mo ago

Our Senior Editor @sillydrannesha.bsky.social will be at the Edinburgh @edopenresearch.bsky.social conference on Thursday 18 June 2026, and would love to connect for a chat about #OpenScience and publishing in @plosone.org. library.ed.ac.uk/research-sup...

As the @worldbioforum.bsky.social gets underway, this collection of articles looks at collaborative approaches to biodiversity knowledge and policy, underpinning the theme of 'Leading Transformation Together'. #WBF2026 plos.io/445VFBQ plos.io/4tP4StT plos.io/43wWCD5 plos.io/43xcqpo plos.io/43B2iMq

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Under the theme of Leading Transformation Together, the fourth edition of the World Biodiversity Forum WBF will take place from Sunday, 14 June to Friday, 19 June 2026 in Davos, Switzerland.

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Great blog post from @plosone.org Associate Editor Daniel Parkes for #WorldOceanDay! everyone.plos.org/2026/06/08/w... It features a great mix of #climate and #conservation science, with interviews from @plos.org authors and editors. Read to the end to learn how YOU can help protect our oceans! 🔬🪸🌊

World Ocean Day 2026 - EveryONE

This blog was written by Daniel Parkes, Associate Editor in PLOS One. The ocean is a huge carbon sink, storing 30% of…

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Please do feel free to stop me to chat about all things science and publishing at #ExE2026! As a Cornwall native, I'm also happy to recommend places to visit or the best places to buy a pasty!

PLOS One@plosone.org · 2mo ago

Our Associate Editor @sarahjose.bsky.social will be attending the Evolution x Ecology 2026 conference hosted by @uniexecec.bsky.social. She'd love to hear more about your research or have a chat about publishing in @plosone.org, @plosbiology.org, or our exciting new journal PLOS Ecosystems! #ExE2026

This fancy-tailed fossil bird has been all over the news this week! The beautiful tail feathers may have been used for courtship displays. Read more in this @plosone.org article: doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0347641 #paleontology #bird #fossil #ornithology

Today PLOS publishes Redefining Publishing: Practical pathways to open science, the public report from our 18-month research and design project. The report asks how publishing can better support open science. Explore the report: plos.io/4o3bsun #OpenScience

Redefining publishing for the Open Science era

Explore innovative publishing models that support open science, enhance research transparency, and foster global collaboration in the evolving landscape of scholarly communication.

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Space science 🤝 plant science Loved this piece on the challenge of growing food on Mars, pulling together some of the amazing Martian agriculture research published in @plosone.org. 🌱🚀 A fun way to celebrate two decades of PLOS One! explore.plos.org/growing-food... #plantsci #plantscience #mars

Nice to hear a success story about reintroducing the critically endangered #axotlotl!

PLOS One@plosone.org · 3mo ago

Today's International Day for Biological Diversity theme is 'Acting Locally for Global Impact'. These @plosone.org studies highlight diverse local actions for African wild dogs, bull trout, axolotls, and oyster reefs. #BiodiversityDay plos.io/42KOxu9 plos.io/4a2d4yy plos.io/4eXvjss plos.io/3NXJanm