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Data and code are essential for ensuring the credibility of scientific results and facilitating reproducibility, areas in which journal sharing policies play a crucial role. Edward Ivimey-Cook from the School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow (now a Lecturer at the University of East Anglia) tells us more about a new study that reviewed the clarity, strictness, and timing of data- and code-sharing policies across 275 journals in ecology and evolution, and assessed author compliance at two journals, Ecology Letters and Proceedings B.

Ruby Seger-Bernard, Schools Engagement Officer, and Isabelle Moss, Diversity and Inclusion Officer, reflect on the importance of inspiring girls and young women in science.

Jon Bushell spins a tale of spider research by early Royal Society Fellows, featuring Robert Hooke, John Ray and Martin Lister.

Our Head of Sales and Marketing, Graham Anderson, explores recent shifts in journal usage patterns.

In March 2025, the Royal Society hosted a seminar on cognitive enhancing drugs and their increased use amongst both those diagnosed with ADHD and those without a diagnosis. Chaired by the Rt Hon. Lord Justice Underhill, a lively discussion on potential legal implications ensued.

Who is the earliest female author on the shelves of the Royal Society Library? Rupert Baker investigates...

Eloise Barber celebrates the life and work of Barbara McClintock, a Foreign Member of the Royal Society whose research fundamentally reshaped the science of genetics.

Guest blogger Louise Devoy reflects on the first generation of paid female astronomers at Greenwich, who helped to prove that women could actively contribute to professional science.

Philosophical Transactions B recently published a theme issue on ‘Shifting seas: understanding deep-time human impacts on marine ecosystems’. In this blog, Guest Editor Dr Luke Holman (University of Copenhagen) tells us how this issue came about, and about some of the important research highlighted in this issue.

Philosophical Transactions B recently published a theme issue on ‘Acoustic monitoring for tropical ecology and conservation’. In this blog, Guest Editor Daniela Martínez Medina (Instituto Humboldt, Colombia) tells us how this issue came about, and how acoustic tools have been increasingly adopted in ecological research, enabling us to expand our capacities in assessing multiple biodiversity facets.

Insect pollinators like bees, hoverflies, and moths are vital to ecosystems but face growing threats from urbanisation. Emilie Ellis, from the University of Helsinki, tells us more about a new study across three cities that found that pollinator species richness declined by up to 43% in more urbanised areas. Moths and hoverflies were particularly vulnerable due to their complex life cycles and sensitivity to habitat loss and light pollution.