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A new vision is unfolding to turn an empty building into a high-tech marine visitor center.
News

A new vision is unfolding to turn an empty building into a high-tech marine visitor center.

  • Pam Marino
  • Nov 12, 2026

Elaine Sherer steps inside the empty shell of what was once envisioned as a spacious, two-story restaurant overlooking Moss Landing North Harb…

Explore the underwater world and contribute to science with MBARI’s FathomVerse 2.0.
Opinion

Explore the underwater world and contribute to science with MBARI’s FathomVerse 2.0.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Apr 8, 2025

Katie Rodriguez here, playing around with the new FathomVerse 2.0 game on my phone to see what it’s about.

After more than a decade, MBARI’s latest research vessel is here.
News

After more than a decade, MBARI’s latest research vessel is here.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Apr 3, 2025

After spending 59 days at sea, traveling from Spain to Barbados, through the Panama Canal and up the coast of California, the Monterey Bay Aqu…

Federal cuts are bad for scientific research, which is bad for all of us.
Local Spin | Opinion

Federal cuts are bad for scientific research, which is bad for all of us.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Mar 6, 2025

Here’s a vision we can all agree on, whatever our political leanings. The mission of the U.S. Department of Commerce is “to create the conditi…

In his latest novel, John Straley draws on marine science and an ‘extraordinary’ woman to craft a crime drama.
Literature

In his latest novel, John Straley draws on marine science and an ‘extraordinary’ woman to craft a crime drama.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Nov 21, 2024

John Straley moved to Carmel already a recognized author. A former Writer Laureate of Alaska, he had drawn upon experience as a private invest…

Harnessing new tech, MBARI engineers are unlocking the predator-prey cycle in Monterey Bay and beyond.
News

Harnessing new tech, MBARI engineers are unlocking the predator-prey cycle in Monterey Bay and beyond.

  • David Schmalz
  • Feb 22, 2024

Tucked away on the Moss Landing Harbor, mostly out of sight except for anyone driving along Sandholdt Road, is one of the world’s epicenters f…

Local marine scientists have unlocked the secret of why octopus lay their eggs on Davidson Seamount.
News

Local marine scientists have unlocked the secret of why octopus lay their eggs on Davidson Seamount.

  • David Schmalz
  • Aug 24, 2023

When Ringo Starr wrote the lyrics for the Beatles song “Octopus’s Garden” in the late 1960s, it was inspired by a boat captain, while Starr wa…

The Monterey Bay Aquarium gives the world an unprecedented look at the ocean’s depths and the creatures that occupy it.
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The Monterey Bay Aquarium gives the world an unprecedented look at the ocean’s depths and the creatures that occupy it.

  • Christopher Neely
  • Apr 7, 2022

Six glowing red orbs drift along in a dark tank that appears as boundless as the night sky. A musical composition hums from the speakers above…

Kakani Katija is a modern-day explorer with a big dream: to help find every underwater life form.
Face to Face

Kakani Katija is a modern-day explorer with a big dream: to help find every underwater life form.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Jan 27, 2022

The ocean floor is just the surface of Kakani Katija’s research. As principal engineer in the Bioinspiration Lab at the Monterey Bay Aquarium …

By twists of fate, Amanda Whitmire found herself in a job she never knew she wanted: marine science librarian.
Face to Face

By twists of fate, Amanda Whitmire found herself in a job she never knew she wanted: marine science librarian.

  • David Schmalz
  • Oct 9, 2021

Amanda Whitmire, the head librarian and bibliographer at Stanford University’s Harold A. Miller Library at Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific G…

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