Rebecca Vega Thurber, Director of UCSB’s Marine Science Institute, joins the 2025 Public Voices Fellowship to amplify her research and inspire public action on ocean conservation.

UC Santa Barbara’s Professor Halley Froehlich warns that new seafood deregulation could undermine decades of scientific progress, weaken NOAA’s role, and put the future of U.S. fisheries at risk.

As a child, Dr. Anita Giraldo-Ospina knew she was destined for a career in marine biology, and her atypical path to becoming a researcher at MSI is a story of globe-trotting, remarkable work ethic, mature self-reflection, and deep scientific talent.

UC Santa Barbara’s David Valentine sounds the alarm: without funding for the labs, people, and tools behind research, the future of American science is at risk.

Awarded for her pioneering research on reef fish ecology and conservation, and marking a historic achievement as the first woman ever to receive this prestigious honor.

Thank you to all the incredible students who have poured their energy, passion, and dedication into our laboratories.

Hayden Vega, a marine science major from Long Beach, is graduating from UC Santa Barbara with a deep commitment to ocean conservation and community-centered research.

On Christmas Day last year, during a National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet expedition in Antarctica, the crew of the R/V Falkor (Too), the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel, captured a live video of the squid Gonatus antarcticus for the first time alive in the wild.

Tour of Marine Protected Areas Shows Flourishing Diversity; Talk with Fishermen Shows Opposition to Additions

Adopting new digital systems to help oceangoing container ships get in line to offload their cargo at busy ports appears to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 16-24%.

Karina brings more than 16 years of leadership in coastal environmental science and nonprofit management.

A team led by researchers at UC Santa Barbara has conducted the first direct population estimate of the critically endangered giant sea bass in Southern California.

The U.S. should do the smart and right thing by continuing to invest in state-of-the-art and effective American reef research and restoration.

A new study led by researchers at UC Santa Barbara, University of Réunion and Duke University reveals that the black rat is likely responsible for transmitting the deadly hantaviruses in rural Madagascar.

Untold amounts of toxic waste were carelessly, though legally, disposed of off the California coast. Their presence continues to haunt human and wildlife health.

Restored dunes at Santa Monica Beach can help protect that section of California's coast from the severe storms and sea-level rise that come with a warming ocean.

A new analysis by an international team, including UC Santa Barbara researcher Lorraine Lisiecki, suggests the onset of the next ice age could be expected in 10,000 years’ time.

California’s marine protected areas boost fish populations across the state

The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography recognized Craig Carlson and Sally McIntire as ASLO Sustaining Fellows for having sustained excellence in their contributions to ASLO and the aquatic sciences.

Apparel industry leaks millions of tons of plastic into environment each year. Photo Credit: Public Domain

Apparel industry leaks millions of tons of plastic into environment each year. Photo Credit: Public Domain

After decades of plantation agriculture, coconut palms dominate over half of Pacific atoll forests. Photo Credit: SlimMars13/Pexels

Researchers paint a global picture of whale-ship collision risk.

UC Santa Barbara scientists' new study in Science maps out a comprehensive plan to eliminate plastic pollution by 2050.