MBARI and the Monterey Bay Aquarium have a rich history of collaboration. This month, MBARI welcomed new Monterey Bay Aquarium CEO Jenny Gray to learn more about MBARI’s work and identify opportunities for further collaboration between our two institutions.

High-quality, publicly available data from the international Argo Program are essential for understanding our changing ocean. Senior Research Specialist Monique Messié recently contributed to a commentary by members of the US CLIVAR Program in the scientific journal Oceanography, reflecting on the program’s remarkable accomplishments.

Last week, MBARI researchers participated in the third International Conference on Seafloor Landforms, Processes and Evolution, sharing recent work in seafloor geosciences with our international peers.

Last month, scientists from MBARI’s Biodiversity and Biooptics Team completed an expedition on the research vessel David Packard to study the biogeography of gelatinous animals. The team conducted blue-water scuba dives and surveys with the remotely operated vehicle Doc Ricketts to understand population boundaries between Central and Southern California.

The National Marine Educators Association has named MBARI Senior Education and Research Specialist George Matsumoto the recipient of the 2026 James Centorino Award for distinguished performance in marine education.

New research published in the scientific journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B by MBARI researchers and collaborators leverages 30 years of video observations to link association behavior to the evolution of eye structure and transparency in deep-sea hyperiid amphipods.