This week, MBARI welcomed marine science students and early-career professionals from the Monterey Area Research Institutions’ Network for Education to an immersive day of networking and professional development.

New research published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society by a team of scientists from MBARI, the University of Gdańsk, New York University, and Yale University uses museum material, submersible observations, and genomic sequencing to review the diversity of deep-sea Bargmannia siphonophores, revealing two previously unknown species.

MBARI President and CEO Antje Boetius has been awarded the title of Knight of the French National Order of Merit, recognizing her contributions to ocean science and policy.

In a new paper in the scientific journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, MBARI Senior Scientist Kelly Benoit-Bird and former MBARI postdoctoral fellow William Oestreich review the factors shaping the collective behavior of marine animals in pelagic environments.

Last week, MBARI President and CEO Antje Boetius participated in the 2026 Arctic Circle Assembly. She took part in a plenary discussion exploring how science is providing tools and information that Arctic nations and communities need to guide decision-making about their future.

In a new publication in the scientific journal Ecology, Senior Scientist Bruce Robison reports how the swimming sea cucumber Pelagothuria natatrix interrupts the transport of carbon to the abyssal seafloor in the Galápagos Islands, highlighting the important role of marine life in the ocean’s carbon cycle.