This issue's cover story and #EditorsChoice article:

"Coevolution and the diversification of nestling ornamentation in a species-rich avian radiation"

GA Jamie , GJ Huisman , RM Kilner , MD Sorenson , & CN Spottiswoode

https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpaf052

Just out in @journal_evo: "Testing for age- and sex- specific mitonuclear epistasis in Drosophila"

https://academic.oup.com/evolut/advance-article/doi/10.1093/evolut/qpaf096/8129707

Congratulations to the two recipients of the 2025 SSE Presidents’ Award for Outstanding Dissertation Paper, Chase Brownstein and Jorja Burch! https://www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display/2025/5/28/sse-presidents-award-for-outstanding-dissertation-paper/ @journal_evo

Finally out in @journal_evo: "The evolution of local adaptation in long-lived species" ! Fun project with Loraine Hablützel and Charles Mullon. Check it out :)
https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpaf031

"Wolff (2024) takes a comparative phylogenetic approach to study the evolution of dragline silk in 164 species of spiders, including both araneid and non-araneid species."

New free-to-read #EvolutionDigest by S. Chakraborty: https://academic.oup.com/evolut/article/79/5/887/7952961

"Do weakly deleterious mutations contribute to the reproductive and health challenges of bottlenecked species? Peers et al. (2025). investigated the role of prolonged low effective population size in cheetahs (A. jubatus) and its implications in the accumulation of pseudogenes."

New free-to-read #EvolutionDigest by A. Ghader: https://academic.oup.com/evolut/article/79/5/885/8079079

"In a recent study, Valiya Parambil & Isvaran (2025) use an 11-year longitudinal dataset to investigate the environmental sensitivity of trait expression in variable environments at fine spatiotemporal scales."

New free-to-read #EvolutionDigest by Oliver A Kompathoum & Patrick W Kelly.

https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpaf060

Don't miss this issue's Open Access #EditorsChoice article:

"Comparing rates of molecular and morphological evolution identifies multiple speciation trajectories in a diverse radiation of skinks"
Rhiannon Schembri, Lindell Bromham, Craig Moritz, & Xia Hua
https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpaf033

New paper: “The clonality window: relatedness and the group covariance effect in the evolution of division of labour”, with Kalyani Twyman (Open Access)

https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpaf093

@journal_evo Image: ChatGPT

What rattlesnake venom can teach us about evolution
https://www.usf.edu/news/2025/what-rattlesnake-venom-can-teach-us-about-evolution.aspx

Read the original Open Access article by Samuel R. Hirst and co-authors here: https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpaf074

New Digest in Evolution: "Digest: longitudinal data demonstrate heightened environmental sensitivity of sexually selected trait expression" by Oliver A Kompathoum & Patrick W Kelly.

Free to read: https://academic.oup.com/evolut/advance-article/doi/10.1093/evolut/qpaf060/8092470

Evolution Digests are short articles summarizing original research in Evolution and placing it in a larger context, making the work more accessible to those outside the study's specific subfield. There are currently 6 articles available for Digests with deadlines March 24-28. Learn how to submit a Digest here: https://sites.duke.edu/evodigests/

The deadline is March 15 to apply for #Evol2025 in-person registration waivers! Current grad students and recent grads (< 6 years post-PhD) without a permanent position, including those recently unemployed, are welcome to apply. @evol_mtg
https://www.evolutionsociety.org/content/society-awards-and-prizes/travel-awards.html#reg-waiver

Don't miss the March Editor's Choice article: "Suture zones, speciation, and evolution," a Review by Daniel R Wait and Joshua V Peñalba.

"Here, we hope to redirect attention [from hybrid zones] to suture zones, bring the advances from hybrid zone research to a comparative framework, and further expand our understanding of speciation and evolution."

https://buff.ly/7ENlTZB

This month's #EditorsChoice article: "Sperm competition intensity shapes divergence in both sperm morphology and reproductive genes across murine rodents" by Kopania et al. https://buff.ly/3PoYFSE

New and free to read in Evolution:
"Extended phenotype affects somatic phenotype in spiders: web builders have lower estimated biting forces than free hunters"
https://buff.ly/3OYzupD

Corinthia R Black, Jeffrey W Shultz, Hannah M Wood

December issue's Editor's Choice article: "Untangling the colonization history of the Australo-Pacific reed warblers, one of the world’s great island radiations."
https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpae136

Anna M Kearns, Michael G Campana, Beth Slikas, Lainie Berry, Takema Saitoh, Gary R Graves, Alice Cibois, Robert C Fleischer
#EditorsChoice

Did you publish part of your dissertation in Evolution or Evolution Letters this year? You may be eligible for this award! Papers must have been included in a 2024 issue. Submit your nomination by January 31: https://buff.ly/4fD5OtQ