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Nature Ecology & Evolution publishes research and comment across the entire breadth of ecology and evolution, including both pure and applied topics. nature.com/natecolevol

Cover image for the July 2026 issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution. The image shows a Yellow-eyed penguin adult with chick. The cover headline reads "Penguin population divergence"

Full text of the June 2026 Editorial in Nature Ecology & Evolution. The title reads "A pitch in time" and the summary standfirst reads "The proverb ‘a stitch in time saves nine’ refers to fixing something before a problem gets larger. A similar line of thought applies to our consideration of opinion or review content: sending a thorough pitch to editors before writing a full piece can be constructive and time-saving."

Cover for the June 2026 issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution. It shows a Pacific starry skate viewed from above, the cover headline reads "Eyespot evolution"

Fig 2 from Franckx & Rousseau (2026) shows the phylogenetic distribution of species with legal monetary compensation values in European countries.

Cover image for the May 2026 issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution depicting mass mortality of mussels during the 2021 North American 'heat dome'. The cover line reads "Extreme impacts". The image is from Baum et al. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-026-02987-6

Cover image for the April 2026 issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution. The image shows a close-up image of a black and orange collembolan foraging in soil. The headline reads "Soil trophic diversity".

Cover of the March 2026 issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution. The image is inspired by Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man and depicts clonal evolution within our bodies and pathogens that affect our health via different sized circles within the man and images of microbes around the edges. There is a phylogenetic tree representing evolutionary approaches to medicine.

Cover image for the February issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution showing a Darwin's frog sitting on a log, resting its front leg on a mushroom. The cover line reads "Hidden epidemics"

Cover image for the January 2026 issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution. The photo shows a giraffe emerging from behind some vegetation. The cover headline reads "Megaherbivores and salt"

Extended Data Fig 1 from Biancari et al "Plant diversity enhances ecosystem resistance to increasing grazing pressure in global drylands". The image shows a map of global aridity with 8 representative photos of different dryland sites sampled in the study

Cover image for the December issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution. The image shows a male Korean seahorse and its young. The cover line reads "Role reversals"

Image of Box 1 from the November Editorial of Nature Ecology & Evolution entitled "Spotlight on our AI policies". The Box is titled "Dos and don'ts of generative AI tool use as authors and reviewers"

Fig 1a from Rosenberg et al "Human biomass movement exceeds the biomass movement of all land animals combined". The image compares the total biomass movement for humans, wild birds, wild mammals, livestock and arthropods.

Cover image of the November issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution. The image shows a caterpillar of the emperor moth Gonimbrasia belina feeding on a leaf. The cover headline reads "Tree growth and herbivory"

Screenshot of the full text of the October Editorial in Nature Ecology & Evolution. The title reads "Water, water, everywhere" and the standfirst reads "Understanding how terrestrial plants and ecosystems cope with shifts of water availability in space and time requires multiple approaches and collaborative efforts."

Cover image of the October issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution showing a colony of king penguins. The headline reads "Antarctic challenges"

Fig 2 from Ecke et al 2025 in Nature Ecology Evolution. The figure legend reads "Zoonotic hazard as a function of habitat degradation and ecosystem restoration" and depicts 6 different habitat scenarios represented by a taiga forest in which habitat degradation, restoration and recovery can potentially influence the levels of zoonotic hazard

Screenshot of the full text for the September 2025 Editorial in Nature Ecology & Evolution. The title reads "Sound science" and the introductory standfirst reads "Passive acoustic monitoring is opening up new opportunities for biodiversity monitoring, but there is still work to do to ensure that it represents a reliable method for biodiversity reporting."

Cover image of the book "Ocean art" by Helen Scales featuring artwork depicting various marine organisms

Cover image for the September issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution. The image shows a sunflower sea star, and the headline reads "Sea star mystery solved"

Figure 2 from Carter et al 2025 in Nature Ecology & Evolution. The figure title reads "Visual summary of emerging and established Antarctic conservation challenges." and depicts visual vignettes of some of the main issues identified by the horizon scan. The image shows a land-sea transition zone in Antarctica where these issues may happen, for example one vignettes depicts and iceberg being towed by a boat with the intention of supplementing drinking water shortages.

Screenshot of thetext of the August 2025 Editorial in Nature Ecology & Evolution entitled "An update on author and reviewer diversity". The article standfirst reads: "Self-identified gender information on authors and reviewers across the Nature Portfolio allows us to report on current trends at Nature Ecology & Evolution."

Cover of the August issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution. The image shows a pangolin curled up in a ball in the palm of a hand. The headline reads "Threat scales"

Fig 1 from Somervuo et al "Human contributions to global soundscapes are less predictable than the acoustic rhythms of wildlife" in Nature Ecology & Evolution. The Figure shows a map of the world with sites where acoustic sampling took place, as well as when sampling took place

Cover image of the July issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution. The image shows and orchid mantis and the headline reads "Mechanisms of mimicry and camouflage"

Cover of the July issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution showing an image of an orchid mantis. The headline reads "Mechanisms of mimicry and camouflage"

Screenshot of the full text PDF of Nature Ecology & Evolution's June 2025 Editorial entitled "Accessibility for all"

Cover image of the June issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution showing an illustration of a woodpecker flying into woodland at the edge of a typical UK farmland landscape. The cover line reads "Land-use legacies"

Screenshot of the title and author list from the Correspondence article "Six actions for ecologists in times of planetary crisis" from the Nature Ecology & Evolution homepage

Composite photo of a brown thrasher (Toxostoma rufum, winter range), and a Nashville warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla, summer range).

Screenshot of the full text of the May 2025 Editorial in Nature Ecology & Evolution entitled "The many flavours of ecology". The article standfirst reads "Ecologists investigate a vast range of questions, scales and organisms, which makes their methods correspondingly varied. Each approach has value, and we should celebrate the variety of this scientific field."

Cover image of the May 2025 issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution showing a a prothonotary warbler at the entrance of a nest cavity. The cover caption reads "Cavity convergence"

Figure 1 from Eduardo & Bertrand 2025 Nature Ecology & Evolution, entitled "Deep-pelagic ecosystems should be considered as social–ecological systems". The figure shows a table outlining examples of key interactions between deep-pelagic ecosystems and human societies.

Cover image of the April 2025 issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution showing an aerial photo of a smouldering boreal fire in Canada . The cover headline reads "Zombie fires"

Cover image of the March issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution showing a micro-CT scan of a humpback anglerfish. The cover headline reads "Deep-sea diversification"

Screenshot of text from a Nature Ecology & Evolution Editorial entitled "Deep cuts"

Front cover of the February issue of Nature Ecoloy & Evolution, showing a diverse display of tropical plant species under ex situ cultivation in a glasshouse

All 12 cover images from Nature Ecology & Evolution during 2024

Cover image from the January 2025 issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution, depicting a mouse lemur

Fig 2 from Davidson et al. outlining proposed set of standards for bio-logging data.

Cover image of the December issue of Nature Ecology and Evolution, showing a male northern elephant seal bellowing