Seed size is known to evolve predictably on islands, but the role of biotic & abiotic factors during early colonisation remains a mystery. Here, functional analyses of dispersal types has grown our understanding, highlighting the role of geographic, climatic & ecological factors! 🧪🌍
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A school of arctic charr, one of the most CHARRming fish, swims underwater in Greenland. Their pink bellies glisten in the sun as they swim away from the camera. You could be overwhelmed by the sheer number of them, but then remember this is a picture, and they're simply being captured swimming underwater.
Arctic charr you aware of the role of reproductive barriers in asymmetric reproductive isolation (RI)? Probably not, as a lot remains to be understood about the processes of RI during species divergence! Here, using (you guessed it) Arctic charr, questions begin to be answered...🧪🌍👇
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Twenty five years on from Dolph Schluter's book "The Ecology of Adaptive Radiation" that reshaped the way adaptive radiation was studied, this review revisits key questions raised to evaluate the progress made over the past quarter century, 8 of which remain unresolved...🌍🧪👇
Ever wondered how we understand the processes shaping biodiversity? The answer lies in rates of molecular evolution. Many hypotheses about causal relationships have been made, linking life-histories to mutations, DNA repair & fixation. Here, a shift in focus is proposed...🌍🧪
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Processes of evolution can change over time, resulting in compositional & exchange rate tree heterogeneity...curious to know what the means for phylogenetics? Check out this paper 👇🌍🧪
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📣 Call for Volunteers!
Are you an early career researcher? University student? Science communicator? Know someone who is? We're always looking for new Guest Bloggers to contribute to our journal blog The Paper Trail! Find out more about it & apply below 👇🌍🧪
An image of a black finch sitting on top of a green prickly cactus whilst eating the yellow flower is shown on the front cover of the Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society.
Check out our latest journal cover, provided by Peter & Rosemary Grant linking to our #SpeicalIssue "Evolution on Islands"! Want your image to feature on our cover? Submit a paper with us today 👇🧪🌍
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We couldn't do it without our authors, and we look forward to another year of ground breaking research published with us. (4/4)
If you want to be part of our history, why not consider one of our journals as the home for your research this year? Find out how below 👇
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We reinvest back into our journals through our expert Editorial Office, ensuring a high-quality peer review process. Additionally, we promote authors’ work & showcase the research we publish through blogs, online lectures & in-person events, making science accessible to all (3/4). 🌍🧪
As a not-for-profit organisation, the research published with us goes directly towards funding our community outreach & engagement. Most notably, this includes our historical collections, extensive education and events programmes, and our prestigious medals, prizes and awards. (2/4) 🌍🧪
Why not publish your research with a Society Journal? 🧪🌍
The Linnean Society is committed to publishing high-quality and ground-breaking scientific research across the four themes of botany, zoology, biology and evolution, striving to make these accessible & engaging to a global audience. 🧵(1/4)
Peter and Rosemary Grant standing together in the Linnean Society library. They are smiling and in the background is a portrait of the Society's founder.
Renowned evolutionary biologists Peter and Rosemary Grant paid a special visit to the Society last week.
The talk was a fascinating insight into the Grants' work on the Evolution of Darwin's Finches, supported by @cloeucl.bsky.social and @evojlinnsoc.bsky.social.
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We build up the voices of those publishing with us, offering opportunities to share their expertise, expand their audiences & receive recognition for their hard work through our journal blog, events programme & PhD student prizes. We're proud to do this, as we are proud of our community. (3/3)
The value of our journal community is immense; it supports our work to fund education programmes, care for our collections & offer medals & awards for ground breaking individuals across the spectrum of natural history. In return, we have our own role to play: supporting those who support us. (2/3)
As a Society Journal, it's not just the work that we publish that's important, but what that work goes on to support. This blog post sums up our role as a place for research perfectly: we help to shape the very systems through which people access knowledge...a 🧵(1/3) 🧪🌍
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Peter & Rosemary Grant smile in front of a banner for the Evolutionary Journal, reading "the evolution of Darwin's finches".
Last week we were delighted to host renowned researchers Peter & Rosemary Grant to discuss their work on the #Evolution of Darwin's finches. Many evolutionary scientists today can likely cite their work as inspiration in this field, and it was wonderful to hear them talk.
If history is written by the victors, who are the victors in science?
Our latest #ThePaperTrail blog delves into who was holding the pen in taxonomy - a historically male-dominated field - using spiders as a case study. The answer probably won't shock you...🧪🌍
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Though many steps toward equality have been taken in the world of Natural History, it's important to acknowledge the barriers faced by women that came before us, and those still faced by those around the world. Using spiders, this blog does just that. 🧪🌍
#IWD2026
Have a methods paper you want to submit? Publish with us! If your paper addresses evolutionary questions using the latest technologies and innovative analytical or methodological advances, we want to hear from you! Find out more about our journal below 🧪🌍👇
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An island-wide genetic study has revealed low genetic diversity & geographic structuring, suggesting two-wave colonisation from Europe Bufo (bufo) modern populations settled! It also identified sites with high distinctiveness & signs of genetic erosion, informing future management.
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A common toad sits atop a mossy log, with a scowl on its face and its right fist clenched.
The #Evolution of British species have been shaped by postglacial colonisation dynamics & modern human activity. Documenting genetic diversity is important for understanding the #Conservation status, and therefore management, of a species...done here for Britain's iconic toad Bufo bufo...🧵(1/2) 🧪
Dani and Connor presenting at the Linnean Society, they are both smiling. In the backround is a historic chair and portrait of Carl Linnaeus.
Close up of someone cutting out a picture of a bird for a zine page. In the background are a colourful array of pens and materials to make a collage
A group of people, all smiling, on the stage together at the Linnean Society
We had a wonderful time yesterday at Exploring Queerness in Natural History.
We're writing up it up to share in a future blog post, but for now here are some pictures of our fantastic curators @aquadan1.bsky.social and Connor Butler, the lunchtime zine-making, and our afternoon panellists.
We couldn't do it without our authors, and we look forward to another year of ground breaking research published with us.
If you want to be part of our history, why not consider one of our journals as the home for your research this year?
academic.oup.com/biolinnean/p...
We reinvest back into our journals through our expert Editorial Office, ensuring a high-quality peer review process. Additionally, we promote authors’ work & showcase the research we publish through blogs, online lectures & in-person events, making science accessible to all (3/4).
As a not-for-profit organisation, the research published with us goes directly towards funding our community outreach & engagement. Most notably, this includes our historical collections, extensive education and events programmes, and our prestigious medals, prizes and awards. (2/4)
Why not publish your research with a Society Journal? 🧪🌍
The Linnean Society is committed to publishing high-quality and ground-breaking scientific research across the four themes of botany, zoology, biology and evolution, striving to make these accessible & engaging to a global audience. 🧵(1/4)
Are you a PhD student wanting to publish their paper in our journal? Does your research cover the themes of #Biology, #Botany, #Evolution or #Zoology? You may be eligible for our Student Paper Prizes, aimed at celebrating #EarlyCareerResearchers!
Find out more 👇🧪🌍
Last Chance to Book! 📣
Join renowned evolutionary biologists Peter & Rosemary Grant in person on Wed 4 March for their talk on their ground breaking research on Darwin's finches! 🧪🌍
Book below 👇
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