MBARI is embarking on a new chapter in its ocean research with the construction of a state-of-the-art ship named in honor of MBARI's founder.

MBARI’s 2020 Annual Report provides a multimedia view of the institute’s latest research and technology.

The most extensive study yet of how seagrasses can buffer ocean acidification was published today.

Researchers use MBARI's robotic fleet to investigate an abundance of scars left by submarine landslides along the edge of the continental slope of the Beaufort Sea.

MBARI teamed up with visual effects artists to transform deep-sea mapping data and reveal the majesty of an underwater oasis.

Researchers recently enabled a trio of self-driving robots to locate, follow, and sample a layer of microbes as they drifted in an open-ocean eddy.

At least nine major groups of deep-sea animals, including jellies, corals, brittle stars, squids, and fish, use the same light-emitting chemical, coelenterazine, to power their displays.

MBARI scientists confirm the first evidence of bioluminescence in a sponge, showing that the sponges contain the chemicals necessary to make light within their bodies.

Researchers recently discovered the largest aggregation of fishes ever recorded at abyssal depths (below 3,000 meters or 9,800 feet) in the ocean.

Underwater gliders carrying pH sensors can monitor ocean acidification over large areas and long periods of time.

The National Science Foundation has approved a $53 million grant to build a global network of chemical and biological sensors that will monitor ocean health around the world.

Last week, MBARI staff joined students, scientists, and engineers from across the country for the 2020 SACNAS National Diversity in STEM virtual conference.

Recordings from MBARI's deep-sea hydrophone show that blue whales mostly sing at night when they are feeding, but are more likely to sing during the daytime when they are migrating.

Researchers from MBARI and the USGS recently published a paper showing how MBARI’s environmental sample processors can be used to monitor the health of rivers.

MBARI scientists use sound to track day-to-day changes in the eruption of an underwater volcano.

Using mapping AUV data, MBARI researchers worked with Frame 48 to develop the highest resolution animation of Monterey Canyon to date.

Today the New York Times ran an editorial highlighting the potential effects of deep-sea mining on midwater animals.

Using recordings from MBARI’s deep-sea hydrophone, researchers concluded that the sounds of seal-bombs could affect the behavior of harbor porpoises in and around Monterey Bay.

July 30, 2020 – MBARI's Summer 2020 CANON experiment shows how robots can collect samples and data at sea even during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Using a sweeping DNA analysis technique, MBARI researchers explored the boundaries between different communities of tiny drifting animals along the California coast.