The Haldane Prize is awarded annually by the British Ecological Society for the best paper in Functional Ecology by an early career author. We are pleased to present the shortlisted papers for the 2025 award (published in Volume 39): ⭐️ Carolina Olguín-Jacobson: Recovery mode: Marine protected areas enhance climate resilience of invertebrate species to marine heatwaves ⭐️June Shrestha: Marine protection and environmental forcing influence fish-derived nutrient cycling in kelp forests ⭐️Jiawei Zhang: … Continue reading 2025 Haldane Prize shortlist: Functional Ecology’s Award for Early Career Researchers