Xana Sá-Pinto
@xanasapinto.bsky.social
Mum of two amazing girls, former evolutionary biologist now learning how to do research in science education.
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EvoKE explained: who we are and what we do 🧵
EvoKE (Evolutionary Knowledge for Everyone) is a nonprofit organisation bringing together researchers, educators, evolutionary biologists, science communicators, policymakers, and curious minds from around the world
EvoKE (Evolutionary Knowledge for Everyone) is a nonprofit organisation bringing together researchers, educators, evolutionary biologists, science communicators, policymakers, and curious minds from around the world
August 3, 2026 at 6:39 PM
EvoKE explained: who we are and what we do 🧵
EvoKE (Evolutionary Knowledge for Everyone) is a nonprofit organisation bringing together researchers, educators, evolutionary biologists, science communicators, policymakers, and curious minds from around the world
EvoKE (Evolutionary Knowledge for Everyone) is a nonprofit organisation bringing together researchers, educators, evolutionary biologists, science communicators, policymakers, and curious minds from around the world
We need to truly thank this team for the amazing work they are doing to promote evolutionary literacy!
Thank you amazing team!!!!
Thank you amazing team!!!!
Meet the #EvoKE Communications Team 📣 We have different backgrounds and a shared passion for evolution education and science outreach 🧵1/10
#EvolutionEducation
#EvolutionEducation
July 23, 2026 at 1:03 PM
We need to truly thank this team for the amazing work they are doing to promote evolutionary literacy!
Thank you amazing team!!!!
Thank you amazing team!!!!
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What do pea plants have to do with evolution? 🌱
More than you might think.
Gregor Mendel's careful experiments uncovered the rules of inheritance, explaining how traits are passed from one generation to the next.
Gregor Mendel was born #OTD in 1822! 🧪
#GregorMendel #Evolution #Genetics #EvoKE
More than you might think.
Gregor Mendel's careful experiments uncovered the rules of inheritance, explaining how traits are passed from one generation to the next.
Gregor Mendel was born #OTD in 1822! 🧪
#GregorMendel #Evolution #Genetics #EvoKE
July 20, 2026 at 2:38 PM
What do pea plants have to do with evolution? 🌱
More than you might think.
Gregor Mendel's careful experiments uncovered the rules of inheritance, explaining how traits are passed from one generation to the next.
Gregor Mendel was born #OTD in 1822! 🧪
#GregorMendel #Evolution #Genetics #EvoKE
More than you might think.
Gregor Mendel's careful experiments uncovered the rules of inheritance, explaining how traits are passed from one generation to the next.
Gregor Mendel was born #OTD in 1822! 🧪
#GregorMendel #Evolution #Genetics #EvoKE
Really proud to be part of this group! Thank you EvoKE board members for making this happen!! Will you join us?
Last week, our special EvoKE webinar brought together 14 participants from 7 countries.
Together, we launched the EvoKE Working Group on Learning Progressions, a collaborative initiative that will bring together diverse expertise to co-develop a learning progression for evolution education 🧪 1/3
Together, we launched the EvoKE Working Group on Learning Progressions, a collaborative initiative that will bring together diverse expertise to co-develop a learning progression for evolution education 🧪 1/3
July 15, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Really proud to be part of this group! Thank you EvoKE board members for making this happen!! Will you join us?
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They ruled the oceans for over 340 million years.
They survived three mass extinctions.
Then vanished in a geological instant.
What do we actually know about how ammonoids lived, grew, and behaved before they became fossils?
#Webinar #Ammonoids #Fossils #EvoKE #Palaeontology 🧪 #EduSky
They survived three mass extinctions.
Then vanished in a geological instant.
What do we actually know about how ammonoids lived, grew, and behaved before they became fossils?
#Webinar #Ammonoids #Fossils #EvoKE #Palaeontology 🧪 #EduSky
June 18, 2026 at 6:23 PM
They ruled the oceans for over 340 million years.
They survived three mass extinctions.
Then vanished in a geological instant.
What do we actually know about how ammonoids lived, grew, and behaved before they became fossils?
#Webinar #Ammonoids #Fossils #EvoKE #Palaeontology 🧪 #EduSky
They survived three mass extinctions.
Then vanished in a geological instant.
What do we actually know about how ammonoids lived, grew, and behaved before they became fossils?
#Webinar #Ammonoids #Fossils #EvoKE #Palaeontology 🧪 #EduSky
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Let's protect the ocean and its amazing biodiversity, shaped by evolution across billions of years and celebrate World Ocean Day! 💙🌎
#WorldOceanDay #ProtectOurOceans #Biodiversity
#WorldOceanDay #ProtectOurOceans #Biodiversity
June 8, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Let's protect the ocean and its amazing biodiversity, shaped by evolution across billions of years and celebrate World Ocean Day! 💙🌎
#WorldOceanDay #ProtectOurOceans #Biodiversity
#WorldOceanDay #ProtectOurOceans #Biodiversity
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The ocean is the cradle of all life and the place where biological evolution started to shape biodiversity, setting the stage for life on land. Most of the major biological groups that exist on Earth are found exclusively in the ocean! 💙🌎🧪
#WorldOceanDay #ProtectOurOceans #Biodiversity
#WorldOceanDay #ProtectOurOceans #Biodiversity
June 8, 2026 at 5:05 PM
The ocean is the cradle of all life and the place where biological evolution started to shape biodiversity, setting the stage for life on land. Most of the major biological groups that exist on Earth are found exclusively in the ocean! 💙🌎🧪
#WorldOceanDay #ProtectOurOceans #Biodiversity
#WorldOceanDay #ProtectOurOceans #Biodiversity
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June 5, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Follow our Instagram www.instagram.com/evoke_project/, where we tell these stories visually 👀
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What can we do?
Protect crop diversity and use evolutionary knowledge to develop more resilient crops and farming systems. #WorldEnvironmentDay
Protect crop diversity and use evolutionary knowledge to develop more resilient crops and farming systems. #WorldEnvironmentDay
June 5, 2026 at 2:45 PM
What can we do?
Protect crop diversity and use evolutionary knowledge to develop more resilient crops and farming systems. #WorldEnvironmentDay
Protect crop diversity and use evolutionary knowledge to develop more resilient crops and farming systems. #WorldEnvironmentDay
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In diverse populations, natural selection acts on existing variation, increasing the frequency of advantageous traits over generations. Preserving genetic diversity in crops and their wild relatives helps safeguard traits that may be needed to cope with future climates, pests, and diseases.
June 5, 2026 at 2:45 PM
In diverse populations, natural selection acts on existing variation, increasing the frequency of advantageous traits over generations. Preserving genetic diversity in crops and their wild relatives helps safeguard traits that may be needed to cope with future climates, pests, and diseases.
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Rising temperatures, droughts, floods, and new pests are threatening food production worldwide. Within crops, some individuals have traits that make them more tolerant
to these challenges.
to these challenges.
June 5, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Rising temperatures, droughts, floods, and new pests are threatening food production worldwide. Within crops, some individuals have traits that make them more tolerant
to these challenges.
to these challenges.
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Genetic variation provides the raw material for adaptation. Populations with more variation are more likely to cope with environmental change.
What can we do?
Protect genetically diverse populations and preserve their adaptive potential.
What can we do?
Protect genetically diverse populations and preserve their adaptive potential.
June 5, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Genetic variation provides the raw material for adaptation. Populations with more variation are more likely to cope with environmental change.
What can we do?
Protect genetically diverse populations and preserve their adaptive potential.
What can we do?
Protect genetically diverse populations and preserve their adaptive potential.
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Climate change is one of the greatest challenges we face today. But what if understanding evolution could help us respond to it?
June 5, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges we face today. But what if understanding evolution could help us respond to it?
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🌍 This World Environment Day, let's stop taking our home for granted and start acting as responsible stewards of the living world
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#WorldEnvironmentDay
June 5, 2026 at 2:45 PM
🌍 This World Environment Day, let's stop taking our home for granted and start acting as responsible stewards of the living world
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#WorldEnvironmentDay
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Yet in that brief moment, we have become a force capable of reshaping the planet.
We are not just witnesses to Earth's history. We are now influencing its future
The choices we make today will affect biodiversity, ecosystems, and the evolutionary trajectories of countless species, including our own
We are not just witnesses to Earth's history. We are now influencing its future
The choices we make today will affect biodiversity, ecosystems, and the evolutionary trajectories of countless species, including our own
June 5, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Yet in that brief moment, we have become a force capable of reshaping the planet.
We are not just witnesses to Earth's history. We are now influencing its future
The choices we make today will affect biodiversity, ecosystems, and the evolutionary trajectories of countless species, including our own
We are not just witnesses to Earth's history. We are now influencing its future
The choices we make today will affect biodiversity, ecosystems, and the evolutionary trajectories of countless species, including our own
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🧪#WorldEnvironmentDay
Modern humans are the outcome of billions of years of cosmic history, biological evolution, and countless chance events.
If Earth's 4.5-billion-year history lasted just one minute, Homo sapiens would appear only in the final 0.004 seconds.
Modern humans are the outcome of billions of years of cosmic history, biological evolution, and countless chance events.
If Earth's 4.5-billion-year history lasted just one minute, Homo sapiens would appear only in the final 0.004 seconds.
June 5, 2026 at 2:45 PM
🧪#WorldEnvironmentDay
Modern humans are the outcome of billions of years of cosmic history, biological evolution, and countless chance events.
If Earth's 4.5-billion-year history lasted just one minute, Homo sapiens would appear only in the final 0.004 seconds.
Modern humans are the outcome of billions of years of cosmic history, biological evolution, and countless chance events.
If Earth's 4.5-billion-year history lasted just one minute, Homo sapiens would appear only in the final 0.004 seconds.
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Reminder: Our webinar with Christian Klug is today, 4 June at 4pm CEST. Don’t miss if you’re interested in paleobioloy, ammonoids, and robots.
More info and link to join (no registration required): evokeproject.org/evoke-webina...
More info and link to join (no registration required): evokeproject.org/evoke-webina...
June 4, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Reminder: Our webinar with Christian Klug is today, 4 June at 4pm CEST. Don’t miss if you’re interested in paleobioloy, ammonoids, and robots.
More info and link to join (no registration required): evokeproject.org/evoke-webina...
More info and link to join (no registration required): evokeproject.org/evoke-webina...
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Nature is queer 🌈
Did you know that same-sex behavior has been documented in more than 1,500 animal species?
From black swans forming long-term male-male partnerships to female grizzly bears engaging in same-sex interactions, these behaviors are a natural part of the animal kingdom.
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Did you know that same-sex behavior has been documented in more than 1,500 animal species?
From black swans forming long-term male-male partnerships to female grizzly bears engaging in same-sex interactions, these behaviors are a natural part of the animal kingdom.
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June 4, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Nature is queer 🌈
Did you know that same-sex behavior has been documented in more than 1,500 animal species?
From black swans forming long-term male-male partnerships to female grizzly bears engaging in same-sex interactions, these behaviors are a natural part of the animal kingdom.
Thread 👇🧪
Did you know that same-sex behavior has been documented in more than 1,500 animal species?
From black swans forming long-term male-male partnerships to female grizzly bears engaging in same-sex interactions, these behaviors are a natural part of the animal kingdom.
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🌈 Happy Pride Month! 🌈
This month, we are exploring the incredible diversity of life through the lens of evolutionary biology.
From homosexuality and sex-changing in animals to unusual reproductive systems and anatomies that challenge our expectations 🧪
#PrideMonth #Pride2026 #Biodiversity #EvoKE
This month, we are exploring the incredible diversity of life through the lens of evolutionary biology.
From homosexuality and sex-changing in animals to unusual reproductive systems and anatomies that challenge our expectations 🧪
#PrideMonth #Pride2026 #Biodiversity #EvoKE
June 3, 2026 at 8:46 AM
🌈 Happy Pride Month! 🌈
This month, we are exploring the incredible diversity of life through the lens of evolutionary biology.
From homosexuality and sex-changing in animals to unusual reproductive systems and anatomies that challenge our expectations 🧪
#PrideMonth #Pride2026 #Biodiversity #EvoKE
This month, we are exploring the incredible diversity of life through the lens of evolutionary biology.
From homosexuality and sex-changing in animals to unusual reproductive systems and anatomies that challenge our expectations 🧪
#PrideMonth #Pride2026 #Biodiversity #EvoKE
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Join our next #EvoKE Webinar on 4 June with Christian Klug, who will explore the fascinating world of ammonoids!
Our webinars are free and open to everyone – no registration required 🧪
📌 Find all the details and the Zoom link here: evokeproject.org/2026/05/13/e...
Our webinars are free and open to everyone – no registration required 🧪
📌 Find all the details and the Zoom link here: evokeproject.org/2026/05/13/e...
May 28, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Join our next #EvoKE Webinar on 4 June with Christian Klug, who will explore the fascinating world of ammonoids!
Our webinars are free and open to everyone – no registration required 🧪
📌 Find all the details and the Zoom link here: evokeproject.org/2026/05/13/e...
Our webinars are free and open to everyone – no registration required 🧪
📌 Find all the details and the Zoom link here: evokeproject.org/2026/05/13/e...
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How are you celebrating International Day for Biodiversity? Why does biodiversity matter to you? What are you doing for biodiversity? Let us know! #BiodiversityDay
May 22, 2026 at 6:34 AM
How are you celebrating International Day for Biodiversity? Why does biodiversity matter to you? What are you doing for biodiversity? Let us know! #BiodiversityDay
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What can you do for biodiversity? Support policies that promote biodiversity conservation and mitigate climate change, help control invasive species, join species conservation efforts, and inspire others to do their part! #BiodiversityDay
May 22, 2026 at 6:34 AM
What can you do for biodiversity? Support policies that promote biodiversity conservation and mitigate climate change, help control invasive species, join species conservation efforts, and inspire others to do their part! #BiodiversityDay
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Why does biodiversity matter? It regulates water, air, and soil quality, provides us with food, medicines, and raw materials, and contributes to soil fertility. Biodiversity is also important for our wellbeing. Read more about the impact of biodiversity: www.who.int/news-room/fa... #BiodiversityDay
May 22, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Why does biodiversity matter? It regulates water, air, and soil quality, provides us with food, medicines, and raw materials, and contributes to soil fertility. Biodiversity is also important for our wellbeing. Read more about the impact of biodiversity: www.who.int/news-room/fa... #BiodiversityDay
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All of the extant biodiversity, meaning the living organisms that currently exist, is the product of evolution. The diversity of living organisms also contributes to the present-day evolutionary processes #BiodiversityDay
May 22, 2026 at 6:34 AM
All of the extant biodiversity, meaning the living organisms that currently exist, is the product of evolution. The diversity of living organisms also contributes to the present-day evolutionary processes #BiodiversityDay