MBARI researchers have named a newly discovered species of deep-sea crown jelly after the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s first volunteer.

MBARI’s education and conservation partner opens a groundbreaking new exhibition about the deep sea.

Motion-sensing “smart boulders” have provided new insight about the powerful sediment gravity flows that barrel down Monterey Canyon.

MBARI’s 2021 Annual Report provides a visually rich overview of some of our latest research and technology developments.

Repeated mapping of the Arctic seabed finds rapid changes to seafloor terrain from the degradation of submarine permafrost.

Using MBARI’s archive of acoustic data, researchers are gaining new insight into the lives of endangered blue whales.

A new underwater camera records deep-sea animals and habitats with remarkable clarity and detail.

A collection of papers in a special edition of Oceanography highlights the groundwork of the MBON program for monitoring ocean health.

During an expedition this summer, MBARI recovered the ancient tusk of a mammoth for further study.

A robotic rover has provided long-term data about deep-sea carbon cycling and climate change.

MBARI makes its extensive archive of acoustic data accessible to researchers around the world via the Amazon Web Services cloud.

New research by MBARI and collaborators at the Smithsonian reveals how the gossamer worm achieves its effective and elegant swimming.

The Marine Technology Society has named MBARI President Chris Scholin the 2021 recipient of the Lockheed Martin Award for Ocean Science and Engineering.

MBARI researchers have used the power of genetics to reveal the stunning diversity of delicate, gelatinous comb jellies.

MBARI researchers demonstrated how a fleet of robotic floats can revolutionize our understanding of ocean primary productivity.

New research demonstrates that eDNA can be a valuable tool for monitoring California’s kelp forests.

Robotics have helped illuminate the motivation for deep-sea animals’ daily journey out of the ocean’s twilight zone.

On Wednesday, June 30, at 11:00 a.m. (Pacific), MBARI will livestream its expedition to deep-sea coral and sponge gardens off Big Sur coast.

On Wednesday, June 30, MBARI will be exploring Sur Ridge and we’d like you to join us!

The COVID-19 pandemic enabled a rare opportunity to measure the relationship between shipping traffic and the marine soundscape.