The American Museum of Natural History is searching for a new curator, either in ichthyology or mammalogy. This is an incredible opportunity to work with an exceptional collection and outstanding colleagues. Review of applications begins November 10. careers.amnh.org/postings/4925

The latest episode of @iflscience.com's We have Questions podcast features the Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute (and me.) Check it out!

Why Do 8 Million Pickled Fish Sit In Louisiana's WWII Bunkers?

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...

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Incredible ichthyology job open at the University of Florida! Applications due August 21.

Lovely article about an unexpected herpetological collaboration between kindred spirits from different walks of life. Stories like these give me hope for the future; my hat is off to Señor Peñafiel and Mr. Bentley for their remarkable science, and to Alexa Robles-Gil for her exceptional journalism.

A Hidden Treasure of Rare Snake Specimens

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It's raining fish on Stephen Colbert! (ichthyological shenanigans start at 1:01:30). youtu.be/wkARy_sz5z8?...

The Worst Of The Late Show - FULL EXTENDED EPISODE

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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WGNO's very own Wild Bill Wood paid Tulane's Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collection 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. wgno.com/only-on-wgno...

World’s biggest school of fish is hidden underground near New Orleans

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

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The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History is advertising for a Curator of Fishes! This is a dream job for an early career, doctoral-level systematic ichthyologist. If that's you, go apply (by June 2)! trustcareers.si.edu/en/postings/...

Research Zoologist (Curator of Fishes), IS-0410-12

Job Opening: Research Zoologist (Curator of Fishes), IS-0410-12 at National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.

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Out today! Panzeri and Andrelino et al. (2026). MicroCT reinvestigation of the only articulated fossil anostomid fish reveals synonymy of Arhinolemur Ameghino, 1898 and Megaleporinus Ramirez et al., 2017. Thanks for including me! anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Interested in joining my lab and the Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute? Guillaume Rieucau (LUMCON) and I have incoming funding to support a masters student who will use imaging sonar and traditional sampling to study how fishes utilize artificial reefs in Lake Pontchartrain.

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Where Can You Find A One-Of-A-Kind Pocket Shark Among 8 Million Pickled Fish? Louisiana's WWII Bunkers, Of Course

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

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So far this morning one of my grad students received a long-awaited specimen, another one cracked a difficult PCR, and I conducted an interview that has me excited (watch this space). Even with all the crap happening in the world right now, this is a nice reminder that sometimes good things align!

Great news article about the Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute's Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collection and our recent accessions of specimens from the DEEPEND Consortium and the University of Louisiana at Monroe.

There are 8 million fish in a World War II bunker outside New Orleans. More arrive soon.

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

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Check out this great press release about the Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute's recent accession of some splendid specimens from Tracey Sutton's DEEPEND Consortium!

Tulane expands its world-leading fish collection with donation of rare deepwater species

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Boosting the signal on my awesome colleague Alex Gunderson's study of lead exposure in invasive Anolis in New Orleans. Somehow, they endure higher levels of lead in their blood than any other vertebrate!

These New Orleans lizards are full of lead

And they're doing just fine.

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My department at Tulane University has a professor-of-practice opening for a marine biologist. This is a non-tenure track teaching position with good security, benefits, excellent colleagues and outstanding students. Apply by Sept 15 and see this link for details. apply.interfolio.com/171874

And that’s a wrap on #JMIH25. Come visit us for the party next year in NOLA! Our team from the Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute and the other local hosts will be ready and waiting to help welcome everyone.