Coring is perhaps the most in-depth activity we will do on the Araon, as it provides a rare chance to extract a vertical tube of “time” that could represent just a few years to hundreds, thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of years.

Greetings from the Canadian Beaufort Sea! The IBRV Araon departed Utqiagvik (Barrow), Alaska, on August 24 and entered Canadian waters on August 26.

Local marine biologist inspired an appreciation for the ocean, and played a major role in defining MBARI’s research path.

Greetings from the IBRV Araon! We are still stationary about two kilometers offshore of Utqiagvik, formerly Barrow, Alaska. It is a few minutes after local noon—our original departure time.

MBARI researchers and our collaborators are working to document deep-sea biodiversity, and finding remarkable species.

New facility will provide critical support for ocean exploration and research as well as shoreside benefits for the Moss Landing community.

Explore MBARI’s recent deep-sea discoveries on YouTube.

Karl Pister, former MBARI board member and UC Santa Cruz chancellor, died on May 14, 2022.

Autonomous underwater robots carrying MBARI technology use eDNA to survey biodiversity.

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.