Neil Shubin
@neilshubin.bsky.social
Paleontologist. Developmental Biologist. Anatomist. Polar wanderer. Telling people that they are fish since 2008.
Beginning a new adventure in the Arctic in July 1999. I’m to the left. Marcus Davis to the right. First day of fieldwork in the Arctic. We’d find Tiktaalik roseae five years later.
Photo: Ted Daeschler 🧪
Photo: Ted Daeschler 🧪
September 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Beginning a new adventure in the Arctic in July 1999. I’m to the left. Marcus Davis to the right. First day of fieldwork in the Arctic. We’d find Tiktaalik roseae five years later.
Photo: Ted Daeschler 🧪
Photo: Ted Daeschler 🧪
Feeling the incalculable loss of Mark Norell (1957-2025): wonderful scientist and cherished friend. His influence will continue through his many mentees and the science he did and inspired.
September 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Feeling the incalculable loss of Mark Norell (1957-2025): wonderful scientist and cherished friend. His influence will continue through his many mentees and the science he did and inspired.
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Scopes trial telling students in central Tennessee about their inner fish.
I’m so grateful to the high school and middle school teachers who brought their students from small schools to the event (some from almost an hr away).
I’m so grateful to the high school and middle school teachers who brought their students from small schools to the event (some from almost an hr away).
August 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Scopes trial telling students in central Tennessee about their inner fish.
I’m so grateful to the high school and middle school teachers who brought their students from small schools to the event (some from almost an hr away).
I’m so grateful to the high school and middle school teachers who brought their students from small schools to the event (some from almost an hr away).
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Scopes trial telling students in central Tennessee about their inner fish.
I’m so grateful to the high school and middle school teachers who brought their students from small schools to the event (some from almost an hr away).
I’m so grateful to the high school and middle school teachers who brought their students from small schools to the event (some from almost an hr away).
August 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Scopes trial telling students in central Tennessee about their inner fish.
I’m so grateful to the high school and middle school teachers who brought their students from small schools to the event (some from almost an hr away).
I’m so grateful to the high school and middle school teachers who brought their students from small schools to the event (some from almost an hr away).
The great Tyler Kellior swung by lab with the latest reconstruction of Tiktaalik. Here we are in the "look what I just caught!" pose and Tyler with his "a man and his fish" one.
Geological map of the Ellesmere Island are in the background...
Geological map of the Ellesmere Island are in the background...
August 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The great Tyler Kellior swung by lab with the latest reconstruction of Tiktaalik. Here we are in the "look what I just caught!" pose and Tyler with his "a man and his fish" one.
Geological map of the Ellesmere Island are in the background...
Geological map of the Ellesmere Island are in the background...
I’m thrilled that ENDS OF THE EARTH has been shortlisted for the Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize!
In such fabulous company on the list.
royalsociety.org/medals-and-p...
In such fabulous company on the list.
royalsociety.org/medals-and-p...
August 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I’m thrilled that ENDS OF THE EARTH has been shortlisted for the Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize!
In such fabulous company on the list.
royalsociety.org/medals-and-p...
In such fabulous company on the list.
royalsociety.org/medals-and-p...
ENDS OF THE EARTH is available now for a limited time on ebook for just $1.99. Get it while it lasts! 💙🧪
July 27, 2025 at 9:59 AM
ENDS OF THE EARTH is available now for a limited time on ebook for just $1.99. Get it while it lasts! 💙🧪
New from the lab! Announcing MORPHOVIEW a powerful tool to quantify in high throughput the 3D structures of cells and tissues during organ morphogenesis. Great work by Sam Norris. 🧪
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dvdy.70061
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dvdy.70061
July 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
New from the lab! Announcing MORPHOVIEW a powerful tool to quantify in high throughput the 3D structures of cells and tissues during organ morphogenesis. Great work by Sam Norris. 🧪
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dvdy.70061
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dvdy.70061
It is not a political statement to note the fact that science enhances our well being, expands our knowledge of the world, and drives economic growth 🧪
July 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM
It is not a political statement to note the fact that science enhances our well being, expands our knowledge of the world, and drives economic growth 🧪
Tiktaalik is in the lab! Tyler Kellior dropped by with a draft of the latest reconstruction of the beast 🧪
July 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Tiktaalik is in the lab! Tyler Kellior dropped by with a draft of the latest reconstruction of the beast 🧪
Chicago friends… beat the heat and drop by the Chicago Public Library this Monday. I’ll be talking about the amazing and important science of Earth’s polar regions. See you there!
June 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Chicago friends… beat the heat and drop by the Chicago Public Library this Monday. I’ll be talking about the amazing and important science of Earth’s polar regions. See you there!
Let’s all thank our mom on this Mothers Day! 🧪
May 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Let’s all thank our mom on this Mothers Day! 🧪
Dear AI , Steal my words to write words like I would write about you. See below.
March 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Dear AI , Steal my words to write words like I would write about you. See below.
My life would have played out very differently without the support of Canadian scientists, administrators, and indigenous communities-- Laccognathus, Pachygenelus, Tiktaalik, and other fossils would likely still be in the ground if not for them.
March 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
My life would have played out very differently without the support of Canadian scientists, administrators, and indigenous communities-- Laccognathus, Pachygenelus, Tiktaalik, and other fossils would likely still be in the ground if not for them.
Nothing like returning to a spot you hiked a day before in the Arctic to see these prints next to your old ones. This will get your attention… 🧪
Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada, July 2002
Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada, July 2002
March 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Nothing like returning to a spot you hiked a day before in the Arctic to see these prints next to your old ones. This will get your attention… 🧪
Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada, July 2002
Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada, July 2002
Polar ice holds meteorites from Mars, the Moon, and the early solar system: pieces of the cosmos that have landed on our planet free of charge. Over 50,000 have been collected by the US NSF
There remains so much to discover about ur world in the ice of polar regions. #standupforscience
There remains so much to discover about ur world in the ice of polar regions. #standupforscience
March 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Polar ice holds meteorites from Mars, the Moon, and the early solar system: pieces of the cosmos that have landed on our planet free of charge. Over 50,000 have been collected by the US NSF
There remains so much to discover about ur world in the ice of polar regions. #standupforscience
There remains so much to discover about ur world in the ice of polar regions. #standupforscience
ENDS OF THE EARTH on SCIENCE FRIDAY tomorrow. Listen in!
February 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
ENDS OF THE EARTH on SCIENCE FRIDAY tomorrow. Listen in!
Publication day in the UK for ENDS OF THE EARTH!
February 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Publication day in the UK for ENDS OF THE EARTH!
Good times talking ENDS OF THE EARTH with @jblosos.bsky.social in St. Louis! 🧪 💙📚
February 12, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Good times talking ENDS OF THE EARTH with @jblosos.bsky.social in St. Louis! 🧪 💙📚
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Let’s support science at this moment by celebrating pioneers: Mary Dawson was one of the pioneers in studying paleontology of Earth’s polar regions. I have had privilege of following in her footsteps. I discuss this in ENDS OF THE EARTH 🧪 💙📚
February 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Let’s support science at this moment by celebrating pioneers: Mary Dawson was one of the pioneers in studying paleontology of Earth’s polar regions. I have had privilege of following in her footsteps. I discuss this in ENDS OF THE EARTH 🧪 💙📚
What scientific discovery absolutely blew you away? Of course there are many for me, but this one comes to mind
(one I discuss in ENDS OF THE EARTH): freshwater lakes, some the size of the Great Lakes, buried under 2 or more miles of ice in Antarctica. With living creatures inside, no less.
(one I discuss in ENDS OF THE EARTH): freshwater lakes, some the size of the Great Lakes, buried under 2 or more miles of ice in Antarctica. With living creatures inside, no less.
February 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
What scientific discovery absolutely blew you away? Of course there are many for me, but this one comes to mind
(one I discuss in ENDS OF THE EARTH): freshwater lakes, some the size of the Great Lakes, buried under 2 or more miles of ice in Antarctica. With living creatures inside, no less.
(one I discuss in ENDS OF THE EARTH): freshwater lakes, some the size of the Great Lakes, buried under 2 or more miles of ice in Antarctica. With living creatures inside, no less.
Wonderful review of ENDS OF THE EARTH in this week’s SCIENCE!
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February 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Wonderful review of ENDS OF THE EARTH in this week’s SCIENCE!
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In the Bay Area? Come on out this evening to hear about ENDS OF THE EARTH! 🧪 💙📚
February 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
In the Bay Area? Come on out this evening to hear about ENDS OF THE EARTH! 🧪 💙📚
Saying goodbye to "civilization." Deception Glacier, December 2018.
January 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Saying goodbye to "civilization." Deception Glacier, December 2018.
Here’s what’s what at UChicago. Not good.
January 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Here’s what’s what at UChicago. Not good.