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Cruise Blog: Exploring sea life over Davidson Seamount: a research cruise in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (July 15-24, 2018)

Cruise Blog: Exploring sea life over Davidson Seamount: a research cruise in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (July 15-24, 2018)

Coral transplants at 840 meters deep on Sur Ridge

Research Expedition Blog; R/V Western Flyer: August 24-28, 2016

Pilots deftly use the ROV's manipulator arm to grasp a suction hose to retrieve, then gently place a seastar upon the polyps of a bamboo coral. (Photo: MBARI)

Sur Ridge Expedition Blog (June 1-5, 2016)

A colorful collage of some of the incredible sights from today's dive on Sur Ridge, which included more than 10 species of coral, many different sponges, two blob sculpins, nudibranchs, brooding octopii, dozens of other cnidarians all on a landscape of ever-changing and diverse habitat.

MBNMS Scientists to Re-visit Sur Ridge; Deep Sea Corals

White and Basking Sharks seen off Big Sur Coast After Marine Mammal Aerial Survey Over Davidson Seamount Aborted

White and Basking Sharks seen off Big Sur Coast After Marine Mammal Aerial Survey Over Davidson Seamount Aborted