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One of the most visible impacts of current climate change is the catastrophic bleaching and death of corals in reefs around the world. This issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution and an online Focus highlight recent research documenting the transformation of these systems.
Our annual report of the journal’s statistics shows little overall change on gender and geographical diversity, and highlights areas where our editors want to redouble efforts — with help from you.
Keeping global temperature to no more than 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels is an enormous task that requires the complementary efforts of scientists from across the biological, physical and social sciences.
A major new report highlighting the importance of fungi to humans and natural ecosystems makes it clear that a coordinated global conservation strategy is urgently needed to ensure that their benefits may continue to be reaped.
In the 150 years since the discovery of human fossils at Cro-Magnon, archaeologists and palaeoanthropologists have grappled with the questions of how to recognize our species in the fossil record, and what we should call ourselves.
Recent threats to the Endangered Species Act in the USA and the battle to prevent logging in Poland’s Białowieża Forest highlight the need for robustness in environmental protection measures.
Children’s books about the natural world can help raise environmental awareness. The Nature Ecology & Evolution editors select some of their favourites, old and new.
A new Nature journal checklist for authors is tailored specifically to ecology and evolution research, and is the product of feedback from the scientific community.
The conservation community is engaged in essential debate on realistic paths to effective and equitable protection of biodiversity. This must be matched with clear and workable messages to policymakers and the public.
Language is a fundamental human characteristic. Its origins and development can inform our understanding of human ecology and evolution, and evolutionary biology methods can be fruitfully applied to linguistics in turn.
The evolution of resistance has consequences for both food security and healthcare. To meet this challenge we need large-scale data to distinguish between what is evolutionarily plausible and what actually occurs in the field and the clinic.
Predators have important roles in structuring ecosystems, yet many are critically endangered and their reputation among non-scientists is decidedly mixed.
Nature Ecology & Evolution is a year old, and we are grateful for the enthusiastic reception from our research community. To celebrate our birthday we have compiled some facts and figures.
Science, including the fields of ecology and evolution, must advocate a zero-tolerance policy towards harassment and bullying. This means promoting safe workspaces in all contexts, and letting go of the idea that fieldwork entails special circumstances.
Ecological research projects that span decades provide unprecedented insight into the functioning and dynamics of populations, communities and ecosystems. We should treasure and protect them.
Evolutionary principles and tools harbour the potential to revolutionize the struggle against medical challenges such as antibiotic resistance, infectious disease and cancer.
