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Science Says So: How Do Caterpillars Get Their Wings?

March 12, 2026

Three scientists take a soil sample site at the edge of a Beaufort Sea lagoon, part of the greater Arctic Ocean on the northern coast of Alaska. Credit: Nathaniel Wilder

Supra-permafrost Groundwater Fuels Arctic Ocean Microbes

March 12, 2026

Stentor stipatus contains endosymbiotic algae, the green of which mixes with a dark pigment to give the species a reddish-brown color. Left: Dense cortical packing of algal cells in the S. stipatus cell. Right: Autofluorescence of the algae. Scale bar approx. 100 microns.

Newly Discovered Stentor Species Can Learn – and May Know What Time it Is

March 11, 2026

An octopus in a container being let into a tank.

MBL Welcomes 2026 Grass Fellows as Program Marks 75 Years of Advancing Neuroscience

March 9, 2026

Kaitlyn Webster wearing a gown, holding an award, standing to the right of a "For Women in Science" sign.

"Take Five" with Kaitlyn Webster

February 19, 2026

MBLWHOI Library Stacks. Credit: MBL Archives

New Publications: January 2026

February 17, 2026

This photo shows two high school students wearing white lab coats and blue gloves in a science lab. One of them is looking into a microscope.

High School Students From Around the World Dive Into Science at the MBL

February 11, 2026

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Marine Biological Laboratory Returns to Full Independence and Enters Its Next Chapter

February 4, 2026

Green and brown spotted frog in tank.

Male or female? A Spare Gene Became the Master Sex Switch in Frogs | Earth.com

February 2, 2026