Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. We all know the Darwin fish, the car-bumper send-up of the Christian “ichthys” symbol ...

A recurring image of Prof. Neil Shubin’s new PBS miniseries “Your Inner Fish” places the UChicago scholar on a Chicago “L” train, marveling at fellow riders as they sprout fish heads, reptile tongues, ...

Moving downward from the shoulder, the arms of Neil Shubin, fish paleontologist, are built like this: one bone, two bones, lots of bones, digits. The same is true for a bird’s wing, a leopard’s ...

In this engaging, approachable history of life on earth, paleontologist Neil Shubin demonstrates how every creature with a body is more closely... If you're going to tell a story from the beginning, ...

Roger Smith, left, and Neil Shubin examine a fossil. Photo courtesy PBS We all know the Darwin fish, the car-bumper send-up of the Christian ichthys symbol, or Jesus fish. Unlike the Christian symbol, ...

A recurring image of Prof. Neil Shubin’s new PBS miniseries “Your Inner Fish” places the UChicago scholar on a Chicago “L” train, marveling at fellow riders as they sprout fish heads, reptile tongues ...

To figure out how and when ancient fish first crawled from the ocean onto land, Neil Shubin is about to head to the mountains of Antarctica. Leaving behind family and friends for the upcoming holidays ...

Paleontologist and National Academy of Sciences member Neil Shubin discusses the twists and turns of evolution, the ancient viruses we carry, and our deep links to the rest of life While reading an ...

Neil Shubin has traversed the globe in his quest to fill in the fossil record, conducting field research in sites from Morocco to the Canadian Arctic. In a few weeks, he will add Antarctica to the ...