Professor Anjali Goswami FRS
@evoswami.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist, Chief Scientific Adviser @ Defra, practitioner of healthy coding-fieldwork balance, human and dog mom, she/her, On-juhlee, not On-jolly
On the train back to London from Manchester after an inspiring and packed week at #IPBES12.
We aren’t moving fast enough because we aren’t working together. We must break down siloes to speed up action for #nature recovery because:
Nature is the economy
Nature is national security
Nature is health
We aren’t moving fast enough because we aren’t working together. We must break down siloes to speed up action for #nature recovery because:
Nature is the economy
Nature is national security
Nature is health
February 6, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Great to be back in my very full lab @nhm-london.bsky.social for the first time in 2026 and to welcome new #MarieCurieFellow @haibingwang.bsky.social to the team! Joining from IVPP in Beijing, Haibing will be working on cranial and dental modularity and evolution in Mesozoic mammals.
January 17, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Great to be back in my very full lab @nhm-london.bsky.social for the first time in 2026 and to welcome new #MarieCurieFellow @haibingwang.bsky.social to the team! Joining from IVPP in Beijing, Haibing will be working on cranial and dental modularity and evolution in Mesozoic mammals.
New paper! Led by @knapprew.bsky.social, we show that jaw shape in pelagiarian fishes diversified early in their evolution. Surprisingly, jaw shape is highly correlated with habitat, but not diet & with different optimisations for mechanical advantage during closing. academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...
December 9, 2025 at 6:59 AM
New paper! Led by @knapprew.bsky.social, we show that jaw shape in pelagiarian fishes diversified early in their evolution. Surprisingly, jaw shape is highly correlated with habitat, but not diet & with different optimisations for mechanical advantage during closing. academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...
Thank you! The saddest thing is I don’t even have a cat now, ever since my beloved Chairman Meow (Figure 1) passed away. Family allergies mean we couldn’t get another one so I’m stuck with a dog, who is lovely but so evolutionary pliable that it’s frankly embarrassing.
May 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Thank you! The saddest thing is I don’t even have a cat now, ever since my beloved Chairman Meow (Figure 1) passed away. Family allergies mean we couldn’t get another one so I’m stuck with a dog, who is lovely but so evolutionary pliable that it’s frankly embarrassing.
One fine day in the Los Alamitos Formation!
May 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
One fine day in the Los Alamitos Formation!
Hello from Patagonia and Patagotitan!
May 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Hello from Patagonia and Patagotitan!
From balmy Brazil to a much chillier Patagonia…
May 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
From balmy Brazil to a much chillier Patagonia…
Catching up with our Triassic kin in Porto Alegre
May 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Catching up with our Triassic kin in Porto Alegre
My single favourite wildlife photo from our trip to Galápagos has to be this marine iguana sneezing out salt - such an elegant and glamorous adaptation to their unusual lifestyle!
March 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
My single favourite wildlife photo from our trip to Galápagos has to be this marine iguana sneezing out salt - such an elegant and glamorous adaptation to their unusual lifestyle!
I had the immense privilege to visit the Galápagos Islands last summer and see thousands of marine and land iguanas up close, even swimming with some and watching them feed underwater.
March 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I had the immense privilege to visit the Galápagos Islands last summer and see thousands of marine and land iguanas up close, even swimming with some and watching them feed underwater.
We’re micro-CT scanning iguanas today to better understand the evolution of the incredible adaptations of the Galapagos marine iguanas. Some of the specimens in our collection were collected by Darwin himself! 150 years later, they are still contributing new knowledge about the natural world.
March 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
We’re micro-CT scanning iguanas today to better understand the evolution of the incredible adaptations of the Galapagos marine iguanas. Some of the specimens in our collection were collected by Darwin himself! 150 years later, they are still contributing new knowledge about the natural world.
How is my 8yo already cooler than I ever will be?
February 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
How is my 8yo already cooler than I ever will be?
Brussels sure has some pretty impressive climbing gyms
February 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Brussels sure has some pretty impressive climbing gyms
Does anyone know how to abbreviate Uhlenbeck to 5 letters for today’s @nytimes.com mini crossword?
#nerdjokes
#nerdjokes
February 7, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Does anyone know how to abbreviate Uhlenbeck to 5 letters for today’s @nytimes.com mini crossword?
#nerdjokes
#nerdjokes
Stumbled across my favourite fossil, Thylacosmilus atrox, while looking though the collections at the lovely, newly renovated Yale Peabody Museum.
I maintain that this animal is the best (stem) marsupial ever! Also arguably the best sabre-toothed animal ever…
I maintain that this animal is the best (stem) marsupial ever! Also arguably the best sabre-toothed animal ever…
January 31, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Stumbled across my favourite fossil, Thylacosmilus atrox, while looking though the collections at the lovely, newly renovated Yale Peabody Museum.
I maintain that this animal is the best (stem) marsupial ever! Also arguably the best sabre-toothed animal ever…
I maintain that this animal is the best (stem) marsupial ever! Also arguably the best sabre-toothed animal ever…
At 11:07, he decided he needed a Lego break, but he has made good progress, four books in. I’m not convinced he’s reading every word, but he does know the plots by heart. He is also beating my pace on a similarly sized stack of grant reviews by a lot…(this marathon was also a race)
January 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
At 11:07, he decided he needed a Lego break, but he has made good progress, four books in. I’m not convinced he’s reading every word, but he does know the plots by heart. He is also beating my pace on a similarly sized stack of grant reviews by a lot…(this marathon was also a race)
At 10:07am local time, Dylan began a marathon that he’s been planning for months and preparing for his whole 8-year long life - to read the entire Dog Man canon in order in a single sitting. Stay tuned for updates as we follow his progress live on this cold and bright January day.
January 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
At 10:07am local time, Dylan began a marathon that he’s been planning for months and preparing for his whole 8-year long life - to read the entire Dog Man canon in order in a single sitting. Stay tuned for updates as we follow his progress live on this cold and bright January day.
We sent @weratedogs.com the cover art for Casper’s solo album after his band (fig. 2) broke up. I think 12/10 means they agree it’s going to go even more platinum than that winter coat that he hates so much.
January 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
We sent @weratedogs.com the cover art for Casper’s solo album after his band (fig. 2) broke up. I think 12/10 means they agree it’s going to go even more platinum than that winter coat that he hates so much.
Have been lazy about posting as #SICB2025 was a whirlwind, but very excited to use my first post of the year to congratulate DR Jack McMinn on successfully passing his PhD viva yesterday! His thesis answered a question about Paleogene mammal dispersal patterns that has been bugging me for decades :)
January 14, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Have been lazy about posting as #SICB2025 was a whirlwind, but very excited to use my first post of the year to congratulate DR Jack McMinn on successfully passing his PhD viva yesterday! His thesis answered a question about Paleogene mammal dispersal patterns that has been bugging me for decades :)
My greatest accomplishment of 2024, completed just in the nick of time! The full model along with a dramatic reconstruction of Quint’s death scene as staged by my somewhat worryingly morbid children.
December 30, 2024 at 2:19 PM
My greatest accomplishment of 2024, completed just in the nick of time! The full model along with a dramatic reconstruction of Quint’s death scene as staged by my somewhat worryingly morbid children.
Clear my schedule until the new year!
December 25, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Clear my schedule until the new year!
Okay I might have slightly overreacted to how quickly my tweenager goes through shampoo and conditioner…
December 18, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Okay I might have slightly overreacted to how quickly my tweenager goes through shampoo and conditioner…
Spent the morning scoping out the iguanas from Galápagos in our collection, including some very salty fellas! Feel quite sorry for this poor overstuffed one that was rudely named “rough head”.
December 16, 2024 at 1:56 PM
Spent the morning scoping out the iguanas from Galápagos in our collection, including some very salty fellas! Feel quite sorry for this poor overstuffed one that was rudely named “rough head”.