MBARI postdoctoral fellows Guillaume Liniger, Olívia Soares Pereira, and Shawnee Traylor have been named inaugural Neptune Fellows. This philanthropic fellowship program, administered by the Mission Neptune initiative, supports young researchers working to advance ocean exploration and science.

MBARI and partners in the FathomNet Program have released a new version of the FathomVerse community science app. The updated app includes new features to expedite verification of labeled imagery, helping advance the development of AI tools that can accelerate ocean discovery.

This week, MBARI President and CEO Antje Boetius was awarded the Knight Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit, one of the eight classes of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, the highest honor given by the Federal Republic of Germany.

Earlier this month, a team of researchers from MBARI and the Monterey Bay Aquarium completed a five-day expedition to Guide Seamount and Ascension Canyon offshore of Central California. Some of the animals the team encountered went on exhibit at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, including species on public display for the first time anywhere in the world.

Last week, a team of MBARI researchers participated in the sixth Marine Imaging Workshop, sharing new technology for observing marine life, including artificial intelligence tools to enable real-time classification of ocean animals.

Last week, MBARI researchers participated in the GeoHab 2026 conference, an annual meeting of scientists, students, resource managers, and other stakeholders working at the intersection of marine habitat mapping, benthic ecosystems, and seafloor ecology.