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Evolutionary biologists should be proud of recent progress in their broad field. We highlight some developments in fundamental questions and the applied use of evolution.
Two centuries after the first non-avian dinosaur was announced, we celebrate this iconic clade with some specially commissioned content and a consideration of past and current research questions.
Two transmissible cancers that have been circulating in Tasmanian devils in recent decades continue to pose complex and interrelated ecological and evolutionary questions.
Biodiversity directly and indirectly contributes to all 17 of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Making meaningful progress towards achieving these goals in the next seven years will require embracing their interdependencies.
The September 2023 release of the Taskforce for Nature-Related Financial Disclosures is just one event in a groundswell of discussion around who must pay to protect and restore nature.
Successful examples of climate and social benefits that derive from national conservation actions may help to catalyse the development of other policies that are designed to maximize these synergies.
Capitalizing on developments in genome sequencing technology, the Biodiversity Cell Atlas is a multinational project that uses single-cell transcriptomics to map cell types of whole organisms across the tree of life.
Plastic pollution has rapidly risen to the top of public and policy discourse on the environment. For World Environment Day on 5 June and World Oceans Day on 8 June, we reflect on its intersection with other ocean threats from biodiversity loss and climate change.
Nature Ecology & Evolution is now open to submissions of Registered Reports, a format that aims to reduce publication bias by reviewing study design and results in two separate stages.
The text of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was agreed 50 years ago, and it continues to be a valuable tool for species protection and an important early example of an international environmental agreement.
Incorporating biological feedbacks into climate and Earth system models is challenging owing to multiple sources of uncertainty. Filling these knowledge gaps and learning lessons from climate forecasts will help to improve our understanding of biodiversity under future environmental change.
The delayed UN Biodiversity COP15 follows closely on the heels of the Climate COP27. We look at what comparisons can valuably be made between the two summits.
Three studies of disease-carrying mosquitoes in this issue illustrate the need for both interdisciplinary approaches and more research into fundamental biology.
Rachel Carson’s book has had lasting impacts on the global regulation of chemicals harmful to life. Six decades since its publication, however, novel threats to wildlife and human health are still emerging.
Most ecological research does not reach its full potential, for reasons that range from poor design to publication bias to insufficient reporting. There are several straightforward steps that researchers, institutions, funders and publishers can take to cut the amount of wasted research.
The recently released IPBES Values Assessment explores the myriad ways in which nature can and should be valued. Policymakers now need to diversify their view of the relationship between nature and people.
