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An inspirational advocate for adaptation, animal behaviour and natural history.

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.

Chatbots powered by artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, are ready to speed up monotonous coding tasks and teach you new skills. We highlight, with worked examples, some advantages and limitations of using generative artificial intelligence for scientific coding and argue that if you are willing to debug, you can get a head start on more challenging tasks.

A visionary conservationist, deep thinker and versatile scholar who challenged the field of conservation to reflect on itself and its purpose in inclusive ways.

The UN agreement to protect the biodiversity of the high seas is an important first step towards meeting the 30×30 target in the marine realm.

Ecosystem ecologist who made fundamental contributions to carbon cycle science and advocated for the next generation of scientists

Seminar series are a key part of academic culture. We present practices that are aimed at increasing the diversity of seminar speakers, and thus broadening associated opportunities to more members of the ecology and evolutionary biology research community.

With growing attention on the remains of people held by museums and universities around the world, we outline ethical considerations that researchers working with human remains in anthropology must bear in mind.

We argue that naming species in honour of a specific person is unjustifiable and out of step with equality and representation. Reforming taxonomy to remove eponyms will not be easy but could bring multiple benefits for both conservation and society.

The international commitment to protect 30% of the world’s surface by 2030 is laudable and necessary, but scientists must now work with governments and other groups to ensure success in its implementation and evaluation, by using inclusive and evidence-led approaches, argues Alexandre Antonelli, Director of Science at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and author of The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity.