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Single-cell analysis of placental transcriptomes across species reveals the evolutionary divergence and crosstalk of maternal and fetal cell types during early mammalian evolution.
Predictions of species extinctions among birds show that even complete threat abatement would be insufficient to prevent species extinctions and functional biodiversity loss
A global synthesis that combines meta-analysis and controlled experiments reveals that warming alters bacterial life histories, which fuels the spread of antibiotic resistance genes and virulence factor genes in what poses a novel threat to soil health.
Twenty years of occurrence data for North American birds suggest that range shifts in some, but not all, bird species have partly mitigated the effects of climate change.
An approach that integrates species distribution modelling with an economic cost model to predict the costs of invasive species provides an order-of-magnitude increase in the number of cost estimates and greatly increases total estimated costs.
An analysis of a high-resolution time series delivers a pan-tropical map of the age of moist forests regrowing following deforestation and highlights the linkage between regenerating forest persistence and landscape characteristics.
Experimental evolution of seed beetles under hot and cold temperatures indicates limited repeatability of the genomic change underlying heat adaptation across populations, which has implications for predictions of adaptation to a warming climate.
A new study shows that the life history traits of trees are more related to maximum lifespan than to mean life expectancy, and illustrates the evolutionary and ecological importance of very old trees to forests.
A phylogenetically controlled comparative analysis of behavioural traits and neurotranscriptomic data across five avian families finds that independent evolution of obligate cavity nesting is associated with convergent behavioural phenotypes and gene expression.
A global analysis reveals that coral restoration sites are often located in areas with high human impacts and overlook current and future levels of thermal stress, which places most restoration projects at high risk of failure.
An experimental study shows that interspecific hybridization transferred components of genetic incompatibility across species, which facilitated the evolution of reproductive isolation between two swordtail fish species.
A global analysis of altered species compositions and climate change reveals the extent to which ecosystems, including in protected areas and biodiversity hotspots, are exposed to novel conditions due to anthropogenic forces.
Genomic and demographic analysis of an alpine plant–insect herbivore system shows that plants can use defensive camouflage to escape herbivores in an eco-evolutionary game of hide-and-seek that has been playing out for millennia.
A mathematical framework integrates the effect of disturbances on ecosystem services under climate change, and offers a vital tool to incorporate changing disturbance regimes into risk-sensitive decision making.
A comparative genomic investigation of metabolism across the tree of life supports the hypothesis that syntrophy — metabolic exchange between symbiotic partners — had a key role in the evolution of eukaryotic cells.
Two analyses of large global datasets of terrestrial phenological events document earlier spring activity in most species, but also large differences linked to phylogenetic history, trophic level and local differences in climate patterns.
Four decades of data on rodent species composition and hantavirus prevalence across a changing urban–agricultural landscape demonstrate that long-term data are key for understanding links between biodiversity loss and disease dynamics
A systematic assessment of species diversity in Madagascar’s mouse lemurs provides multifaceted guidelines for species recognition in the era of an explosion of genetic data, while still recognizing the relevance of species diversity for conservation.
A field study of multispecies groups of marine animals that engage in collective foraging finds that leadership can be shared between individuals of different species.
