There’s no fall 🍂, like a whale fall 🐋 At the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), our “office” is Monterey Bay and its deep underwater canyon. Using advanced robots, we’re revealing the stunning community of life that thrives deep beneath the ocean’s surface. Studying our blue backyard has revealed our connection to the ocean— how it sustains us and how our actions affect its future. MBARI scientists, engineers, communications staff, and marine operations crew are driven by a cur

Happy Mola mola Monday! Our colleagues at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) spotted this school of sunfish during a dive—and it made us realize there’s no collective noun specifically for molas! We’d like to nominate “a melee of mola.” What do you think? Update! Leaderboard is currently: 🥇 — a guac of mola 🥈 — a mellow of mola 🥉 — a constellation of sunfish Honorable mentions: 🏆 an awkward of mola | Monterey Bay Aquarium