Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute

07/28/2026

The latest episode of IFLScience's We have Questions podcast features us. Check it out!

If you’d visited a series of bunkers in Louisiana in the early 1940s, you would’ve found weapons. Lots of weapons. Visit it today, and you’ll find yourself wandering among row upon row of pickled fish. It’s a curious makeover for a vast expanse of storage space, one that came to pass thanks ...

05/19/2026

Congratulations to our own Yasin Bakış, who received the Tulane School of Science and Engineering's mid-career award for staff excellence in a ceremony earlier this month. In his role as TUBRI's Senior Manager of Biodiversity Informatics, Yasin leads the development of diverse data systems such as FishAIR, FishNet 2 and HydroClim that support large-scale research in ecology, evolution, and environmental science.

05/18/2026

WGNO's very own Wild Bill Wood paid us a visit! Check out the resulting video featuring some of the most superlative specimens in the collection, and our even more superlative collection manager, Justin Mann!

They’re packed in like sardines. It’s the world’s largest collection of fish.

04/10/2026

New Orleans Public Radio just featured us on Louisiana Considered! Check out the interview with our director Brian Sidlauskas at 13:16.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear why the Southeast Flood Protection Authority is expanding its police force. We also learn why Tulane University owns the largest collection of fish specimens in the world, and catch up on the week in politics.