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Many ocean twilight zone animals have adapted to their dark surroundings with larger-than-normal eyes. (Photo by Paul Caiger, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

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Bringing Light into Darkness

WHOI scientists and engineers tackle the challenge of illuminating life in the sunless waters of the ocean twilight zone

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News Release Climate & Oceans

NOAA Names Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to Host Cooperative Institute

WIRED Magazine: Seafloor Maps Reveal Active Fault Lines

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WIRED Magazine: Seafloor Maps Reveal Active Fault Lines

These may look like a curtain of Mardi Gras beads hung in a doorway, but they are actually Man-o'-War tentacles that can inject toxins into any creature unlucky enough to bump into them. Photo by Larry Madin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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Beads that Sting

Featured Project Ocean Life

Virgin Island Corals in Crisis

A disentanglement team attempts to free a right whale from fishing gear. EcoHealth Alliance, NOAA Permit #932-1905.

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Untangling Impacts on Right Whales

News Release Tools & Technology

Construction Begins on New Regional Class Research Vessel

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Exploring the globe-spanning region beneath the sunlit upper ocean where life thrives

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Marine Microplastics Initiative

Investigating the fate of microplastics and their impacts on marine life and human health

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Searching for corals around the world to help ensure a future for reefs in a warming ocean

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Our Radioactive Ocean

Engaging the public to help monitor the spread of radioactivity from Fukushima

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