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The autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Sentry is a programmable robot capable of remaining submerged for 24 hours or more while carrying out complex physical, chemical, and biological research. The vehicle…

Summertime ice melt along the Greenland Ice Sheet has sped up in recent decades, more fresh water to flow into the surrounding ocean. The fresh water carries nutrients and organic…

Scientists at WHOI have been studying the Gulf Stream for decades. Physical oceanographer Arthur Rocky Miller, shown here in 1960, came to WHOI in 1946 and was among the first…

Noa Randall (left), a 2018 Summer Student Fellow (SFF), prepares a submersible thermometer to take the temperature of the water in Buzzards Bay from the research vessel Gulf Challenger, with…

This young octopus was photographed in a tank aboard the NOAA research vessel Henry B. Bigelow during WHOI’s first ocean twilight zone expedition earlier this month. “Boo,” as the Atlantic…

A high-tech version of the humble sampling net, the MOCNESS (Multiple Opening/Closing Net and Environmental Sensing System) sits aboard the research vessel Henry B. Bigelow earlier this month, ready to…

Through the narrow Strait of Gibraltor, water from the Atlantic Ocean enters the Mediterranean Sea. The Atlantic water is less salty and less dense than saltier Mediterranean water, so the…

Scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have gathered many medals and awards, but perhaps none is more coveted than the Albatross Award, the stuffed bird in the cage held…

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution was founded on January 6, 1930, following the recommendations of a National Academy of Sciences Committee on Oceanography. The chair of the committee, Frank R.…

An amphipod known as a Phronima is often cited as the inspiration for the alien queen in the 1986 blockbuster movie “Aliens.” It inhabits the sac-like body of a barrel-shaped salp,…

Scientists deploy a RAFOS float during a research cruise in the Denmark Strait to track the sources of sinking waters of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation—a key component of the Great Ocean…

The first hearing tests on a wild population of healthy marine mammals revealed that beluga whales in Bristol Bay, AK, have sensitive hearing abilities and far less extensive hearing losses…

Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) typically use tethers for remote control, but as they explore deeper parts of the ocean, traditional tethers can weigh them down. The Nereid HT ROV, shown here…

In 1975, the newly constructed hull of research vessel Oceanus first entered the water at Peterson Builders shipyard in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. During its 36-year career, Oceanus crisscrossed the Atlantic helping…

Marvel Stalcup (with glasses) and Gus Day launch an early instrument to determine current speeds and directions from the research vessel Crawford circa 1965. Data were recorded on photographic film. Modern oceanographers use Acoustic…

These colorful straps and ropes—or lines, as they are known on a ship—were photographed hanging outside the rigging van of John Kemp aboard the research vessel Neil Armstrong. Kemp, who…