IUCN Phylogenetic Diversity Task Force

The PDTF provides leadership, expertise and guidance to effectively conserve the diversity of the Tree of Life.

[IUCN Species Survival Commission @IUCNssc]

The SSC EDGE Internal Grant & Madagascar Grant results are out! 🎉 Explore the amazing projects we're funding, dedicated to assessing, planning, and protecting evolutionarily distinct species.
https://t.co/N3hlL7dGh5
🦎🦉 #SSCGrants #InternalGrant #ConservationHeroes

[EDGE of Existence @EDGEofExistence]

Breaking news! Research out today, led by EDGE’s @rikkigumbs and published in @ScienceAdvances, shows that prioritising evolutionary history can be a viable strategy for conserving utilised bird species and maintaining benefits to people.

https://t.co/j1GYSIgKCA

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[Rafael Molina Venegas @rafmolven3]

Need to expand your phylogeny with species for which you do not have molecular data? Then consider our new software 'randtip', an "out-of-the-black box" framework to account for phylogenetic uncertainty: https://t.co/lirdXMWwIt
@EcologiaUam @GloCEE_EcoEvo @IUCN_TreeOfLife

[IUCN Species Survival Commission @IUCNssc]

📢 Attention SSC members! @ontheedge_org is offering financial support for projects aligned with our specialist Groups. Applications for this funding round will be open from August 31st to September 30th. Don't miss this opportunity! Find more info here: https://t.co/AsrpX0VMaL

[David Lohman @dj_lohman]

After ~7 yr of work, it's finally out! We present a molecular phylogeny of butterflies sampling >90% of genera & >2000 spp. Butterflies emerged ~100 million yr ago in North America and first fed on legumes. Thanks to all 87 co-authors from 28 countries! https://t.co/fY5igGzuji

[EDGE of Existence @EDGEofExistence]

We are delighted to open the call for applications for the first EDGE Protected and Conserved Area Fund!

To learn more head to our Facebook page: https://t.co/4ADT1ziyXm or for full details, eligibility criteria, and how to apply visit our website https://t.co/P2MJPpkveL

[PLOS Biology @PLOSBiology]

This #PLOSBiology Consensus View presents EDGE2, a protocol that draws on a decade of research and innovation to develop an improved, consistent methodology for prioritizing species #conservation efforts. @EDGEofExistence @ZSLScience @rikkigumbs https://t.co/FWItYf6oGV

[EDGE of Existence @EDGEofExistence]

16 years after the first EDGE List for the world’s mammals was launched, we are excited to present our new-and-improved approach to identify the world’s most evolutionarily distinct and threatened species, published today in @PLOSBiology https://t.co/vgG5dohi8t - thread: (1/11)

[Global Center for Species Survival @ProtectSpecies]

What does it mean to be a species on the EDGE? EDGE species are Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered. They are also weird and wonderful, as @MonniKaboom explains in a new blog post. https://t.co/E1sjOo0heX #EDGEspecies 1/

[UN Biodiversity @UNBiodiversity]

Small, fascinating, and beautiful, fungi are essential components of #biodiversity, just like animals and plants. ❤️🍄🌍

Explore the fungal tree of life and find out how many fungi you can identify.

Via @laszlognagy

https://t.co/bZy2THHO7Q

[Félix Forest @FelixForest1]

Great opportunity to join the Plant Tree of Life team at @KewScience! We are looking for a Collection and Laboratory Technician to help us complete the sampling of all the +13,600 flowering plant genera of the world! #PAFTOL More details here: https://t.co/1s4Tt5g9i4

[Seb Pipins @PipinsSeb]

Join me at #BES2022 for a presentation on EDGE Zones - spatial priorities for conserving the Tree of Life - on Monday 19th Dec at 10.30am (Session 3, Conservation Science & Policy)

[Nisha Owen, PhD @NishaROwen]

Join us at #CBDCOP15 for a lively discussion on conserving weird and wonderful species across the tree of life! Tues 13th Dec 10AM - 12 at Intercontinental #COP15

[IUCN Phylogenetic Diversity Task Force @IUCN_TreeOfLife]

We are at #COP15montreal advocating for indicators that value the Tree of Life in conservation. Check out our events and position paper here:
https://t.co/KYUUit46DH

[Fabrizio Marcondes Machado @Fabrizius888]

I am thrilled to announce our newly published paper in Invertebrate Systematics. Here we seek to unravel the phylogenetic relationships of the 'most bizarre' bivalves! https://t.co/JFF7mhy9V0 (Dedicated to the memory of Prof. Brian Morton 1942-2021) @CSIROPublishing @MCZHarvard

[Inkasaur 🇵🇭 @Inkasaur]

Pelecaniformes Phylogenetic Tree

[EDGE of Existence @EDGEofExistence]

First in our #WeirdWednesday Gymnosperm series we have the Ginkgo.

Native to China, it’s the last living species in the order Ginkgoales, sole survivor of an ancient group of trees that date back to before dinosaurs roamed the Earth!

Click to learn more https://t.co/4ADT1z0XyM

[Nonia Pariente @npariente]

When you see a phylogenetic tree in your coffee

[TOPIA Magazine 🍄 @worldofTOPIA]

When an ‘EDGE species’ enters the world, does it stand a chance? @ontheedge_org tells @Katie_Dancey how "storytelling with a twist" can support endangered species in going from the edge of extinction to the edge of glory. https://t.co/5ij8GLmv0j