"Today, the work of the National Academies helps Americans stay safe, educated, and healthy while defining an agenda for future scientific discoveries," writes Neil H. Shubin in a new #ScienceEditorial. https://scim.ag/4oN1gGN

My editorial in this week’s Science @aaas.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪

Sure…always blame the fish! via Jake Socha

Thank you Noah! Great to see you.

Thank you!!!

Thank you 🙏 !

In Cleveland? I’ll be giving a public lecture at 7pm Saturday as recipient of the Stephen Jay Gould Prize from the Society of the Study of Evolution. At the Hilton Downtown. 🧪 Drop by!

What is the evolutionary origin of the organizer? New work from @kremnyovs.bsky.social, @tclebedeva.bsky.social & Hejnol Lab @uni-jena.de reports the blastopore lip of the #ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi, a member of the evolutionary sister group to all other metazoans, exhibits organizer activity.

Starting soon!!! #Evol2026 -- Who else is excited!?!? A keynote from *the* @neilshubin.bsky.social? If that wasn't cool enough - Evolutionary Studies will have a booth! Maybe the greatest thing to happen to Cleveland in at least 4 years...

"Taking this job is a bet, or maybe a hope, that the best science will drive the conversation over the long run." Incoming NAS President @neilshubin.bsky.social spoke with @nytimes.com about the state of American science and his hopes for his 5-year term as president: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/s...

My recent chat with @carlzimmer www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/s... 🧪

I first met Neil Shubin 30 years ago when he was digging for fossils of our fishy ancestors in Pennsylvania road cuts. Now he's becoming president of the National Academy of Sciences. We talked about taking the helm of the 163-year-old organization at this fraught moment. Gift link: nyti.ms/4giD3FX

Introducing the undulating tripod gait, the walking strategy used by many fishes. We tracked the fishes, built a model, a robot, and found that 3 body segments, 2 fins, and friction are all it takes. No specialized anatomy required. Out today in Nature Communications www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Here’s a clip of the conclusion of a recent talk I gave to the Science Philanthropy Alliance. We have a lot of work to do, but we can’t lose sight of the fundamentals… 🧪

I was honored to give the Prather Lectures— three talks in three days with time spent chatting with faculty, postdocs and students. This talk was in the room where I was a teaching fellow nearly 40 years ago. m.youtube.com/watch?v=nfaf...

The inspiring energy of the #NAS163 Annual Meeting is still with us! ✨ We welcomed new #NASmembers, explored the future of ocean health, and celebrated major breakthroughs. Missed it? Full recordings of livestreamed sessions are now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=87Id...

Thank you! What great work!!!

Neil H. Shubin to Give 2026 Prather Lectures, April 15, 16, and 17 🧪 🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd #evolution www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @harvardoeb.bsky.social @nasonline.org @harvardmuseums.bsky.social @museumofscience.bsky.social @debivort.bsky.social

Congratulations to NAS President-Elect @neilshubin.bsky.social on winning @sse-evolution.bsky.social's Stephen Jay Gould Prize! The award honors individuals who have advanced public understanding of evolutionary science in the spirit of #NASmember Stephen Gould. evolutionsociety.org/index.php?mo...

Congratulations to the SSE Gould Prize winner, Dr. Neil Shubin! Dr. Shubin will present the Gould Prize plenary at the in-person Evolution meeting this June. Learn more about his work: www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display... @[email protected] #Evol2026

This remarkable set of genetic screens done both in the Nüsslein-Volhard & Driever & Fishman labs in Tübingen & Boston revolutionized our understanding of vertebrate development. This remembrance is worth a read-it was a long road, right up to the end 🧪 1/2 journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Neil H. Shubin has been elected as the next NAS President! A leading evolutionary biologist and science communicator, Shubin will succeed Marcia McNutt on July 1. The Academy also named Cherry Murray as International Secretary and elected new councilors. Read more: www.nasonline.org/news/2026_pr...

“‘Ends of the Earth’ is a love letter to ice: to the terrible beauty of its vast, austere expanses; to the ways it tests human ingenuity.” Marissa Grunes on Neil Shubin’s stories of polar exploration: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/neil-shubin-ends-earth-polar-climate-change-review/

shows.acast.com/theeconomist... 🧪

Solstice morning

[email protected] helped reveal one of evolution’s great transitions through the discovery of Tiktaalik, spending years tracing how fins became limbs and how our own bodies carry the imprint of ancient fish. He's been nominated to become the next president of the @nationalacademies.org

Deep underground at the automated stacks of the UChicago library.

I'm thrilled to share the news that the original Tiktaalik fossils, including the Type Specimen itself, will be on display in Ottawa starting December 19! Check them out. nature.ca/en/visit-us/... 🧪

Very happy to share video of 1st lecture @college-de-france.fr on Biological computation 😊. I defend the necessity to access Algorithmic & Computational levels of analysis in cell & developmental biol. proposed by David Marr in neuroscience. Logic & Function matter 🤩. Video: tinyurl.com/55yejk5f

And here is the link to access the whole pdf. Enjoy! I strongly believe that focusing on information & computation during Development provides an important framework, that encapsulates the genetic, chemistry & mechanics, but focusses on organisation, dynamics & logic. PDF: tinyurl.com/4hn34t8w

Catch my conversation with a young Ukranian science journalist. Despite power outages and other serious challenges at home-- which forced us to reschedule several times-- he led a great and informative conversation. I'm grateful for the chance to chat with him. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYei...

Join me in Antarctica in 2026!! Looking forward to this trip. 🧪 Details here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/7jlie...

Ends of the Earth was picked as one of the The Economist's best books of 2025! 🧪 💙📗 www.economist.com/culture/2025...

Ran into this natural gargoyle at Mt Fleming Antarctica in. 2017. Wild.

Thank you!

Pleasure to announce the program of my new series of lectures at the College de France in Nov-Dec. Continuing on the theme of Biological information. I will focus on the computational aspects, building on David Marr's tri-level of analysis in biological systems. YouTube link sent when it starts.

What a wonderful visit to the @college-de-france.fr! Thank you Denis Duboule and the faculty of the Collège. A fabulous month of science, ideas, conversation and, of course, Paris. Catch my four lectures here: www.college-de-france.fr/fr/agenda/co... 🧪

Thanks Alfonso! 🧪

Check out my third lecture at the Collège de France. On the origin of bones and teeth. Thanks to my host @denisduboule.bsky.social for the invitation and the community in Paris for a warm welcome! 🧪 youtu.be/4-UyXZTAgZc

Tomorrow Wedn 5th, lesson #4 of @neilshubin.bsky.social , guest Professor @college-de-france.fr ‘How do new biological inventions arise in evolution?’ ⚠️ Final seminar on his Paris tour 2025 😲 Dont’ miss this last opportunity to meet him and his inner fish. 11am, aquarium Guillaume Budé 🐠Free swim.

Tomorrow Wednesday 29th at 11am, lesson #3 of @neilshubin.bsky.social guest Professor @college-de-france.fr on ‘The evolutionary origin of bones and teeth’. The second lesson is available @ www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B6y... . No registration, Free access, dentures accepted.

Catch my new lecture at the Collège de France entitled “The Origin of Walking.” Thanks to @denisduboule.bsky.social for hosting! 💙🧪 m.youtube.com/watch?v=fNim...

🧪 #paleontology

My first lecture at the Collège de France @cdf1530 is up! In English... Three more to follow in the coming weeks. With thanks to @denisduboule.bsky.social for the invitation! 🙏🇫🇷 🐠 www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B6y...

Tomorrow wednesday October 15th at 11am, first seminar of @neilshubin.bsky.social , guest Professor @college-de-france.fr on ‘The history we share with fish’. Come, have a seat and enjoy learning where we come from. Free knowledge, no registration🤘

‘Ends Of The Earth,’ By Neil Shubin — Review #BookReview📖 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social #books #BookSky💙📚 #Nonfiction #science #Arctic #Antarctic #ClimateCrisis #PolarResearch #memoir #travelogue www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...

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 🧪

Our work exploring a new explanation for the regulation of Hoxd genes and the #fin-to-limb transition. 🧪 It was an absolute joy working on this w/ @aurhin.bsky.social and @homeobox.bsky.social @denisduboule.bsky.social @neilshubin.bsky.social #evo-devo #InHoxWeTrust

Congrats to Aurelie Hinterman aurhin.bsky.social, Chase Bolt chasebolt.bsky.social, and Brent Hawkins @homeobox.bsky.social! Coverage in NYTimes by @carlzimmer.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/s...

Before recently shipping this model out to its new home at the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum in Singapore, I brought it over to @neilshubin.bsky.social lab to see the latest updates to the sculptures anatomy. Tiktaalik’s discovery site on the wall map makes the scene!