Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute

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.

03/22/2026

Axios New Orleans just featured us!

The scientific library's use is growing all the time.

01/22/2026

IFLScience just featured us! Check it out.

The largest collection of its kind includes a specimen you won't find anywhere else on Earth.

12/27/2025

Check out this great article about Tulane's Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collection and our accessions of specimens from the DEEPEND Consortium and the University of Louisiana at Monroe.

Hidden in a World War II bunker near New Orleans, Tulane stores more than 8 million preserved fish — and the collection is still growing.

12/08/2025

Check out this great press release about our recent accession of some spectacular specimens from the DEEPEND Consortium, led by Tracey Sutton.

Tulane University News and Press Releases

03/15/2024

Love these logo sketches from the FishNet 2 team!

03/08/2024

Check out 'Ten years later: An update on the status of collections of endemic Gulf of Mexico fishes put at risk by the 2010 Oil Spill' - published as of today!

LSU Museum of Natural Science affiliates Dr. Prosanta Chakrabarty, Alec Sheehy, and Xavier Clute collaborated on this project with our very own TUBRI Artist in Residency/ TU EEB Adjunct Dr. Brandon Ballengée and TUBRI Staff Shannon Cruz.

The 2010 Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon was the largest oil spill in human history that occurred during a 12-week period in a region less than 100 km from the coast of Louisiana; however, after more than a decade of post-spill research, few definitives can be said to be known about the long-term i...

12/18/2023

We had a wonderful time at the TUBRI Holiday Party last Friday! The food was great and so was the company 🐟 We had so much to celebrate, what an incredible year 🎊