Biology
Biology Department Seminar: Title to be announced
Emil Ruff, MBL Sponsored by: Biology Department – Redfield Auditorium
Read MoreBiology Department Seminar: Silence in Song: Acoustic Behavior of Fin and Blue Whales in the North Atlantic
Regina Guazzo, Naval Information Warfare Center Sponsored by: Biology Department – Redfield Auditorium
Read MoreBiology Department Seminar: Silence in Song: Acoustic Behavior of Fin and Blue Whales in the North Atlantic
Regina Guazzo, Naval Information Warfare Center Sponsored by: Biology Department – Redfield Auditorium
Read More3 questions with Cam Braun
Marine biologist Camrin Braun explains why the world’s largest fish visit waters off Cape Cod—and what their epic migrations reveal about a changing ocean
Read MoreBiology Department Seminar: Life on Earth? Check Out Modern Hot Springs
John Spear, Colorado School of Mines Sponsored by: Biology Department – Redfield Auditorium
Read MoreBiology Department Seminar: Thailand’s Invisible Ocean: Past, Present & Missing Pieces in Marine Microbiology Research & Education
Sornsiri Phongphattarawat, Prince of Songkla University, Phuket Sponsored by: Biology Department – Redfield Auditorium
Read MoreScientists warn of potential global marine invasive species event linked to idle ships in the Strait of Hormuz
New analysis says thousands of stranded vessels may unintentionally spread invasive marine life worldwide
Read MoreBiology Department Seminar: Viral Infection in Algal Blooms in the Ocean: A Journey Across Scales
Assaf Vardi, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel Sponsored by: Biology Department – Redfield Auditorium
Read MoreThe NSF Seafood Engine in New England wins $15M U.S. National Science Foundation award to strengthen fisheries and aquaculture
The Seafood Engine will initially receive an award of $15 million over two years, with the potential to grow up to $160 million over ten years as it works to build an internationally competitive technology and innovation cluster.
Read MoreExpedition captures first detailed imagery of Robert Falcon Scott’s last ship, Terra Nova, using cutting-edge Canadian Voyis 3D technology
The Heroic Age Expedition, led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society in partnership with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, reveals the famed Antarctic explorer’s last ship, Terra Nova in stunning detail
Read MoreIs underwater noise from construction affecting the American Lobster?
WHOI’s Sensory Ecology Lab investigates whether an industrialized soundscape impacts the health of a New England icon
Read MoreBiology Department Seminar: Title to be announced
Phillip Cleves, Carnegie Science Sponsored by: Biology Department – Redfield Auditorium
Read MoreHeroic Age Expedition to survey two of the world’s most famous shipwrecks
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society, in partnership with WHOI, will undertake “once-in-a-generation” expedition to survey Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Quest and Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova
Read MoreDeep-sea dustbins
The marine debris concentrating in the Northwest Atlantic’s underwater canyons
Read MoreSquishy survivor
How the snailfish survives the ocean’s most extreme pressures
Read MoreAnswers from the abyss
How new discoveries in the deep could change life at the surface
Read MoreA hadal zone mystery solved
An upside-down swimming isopod shows how tightly we are connected to the deep ocean
Read MoreA mother seal dives
Follow a Weddell seal as her body adapts to foraging in deep, frigid waters
Read MoreEndangered basking sharks rely on the ocean twilight zone during long-distance migrations
A new WHOI study shows basking sharks dive nearly 1,000 meters deep, likely in search of prey
Read MoreHow a cargo ship is tracking hidden ocean life in the Atlantic
With funding support from CMA CGM, ocean observations aboard Bermuda Container Line’s M/V Oleander now include a window into microscopic life
Read MoreAutonomous underwater robot discovers hidden coral reef “hotspots”
New underwater robot opens new possibilities in coral reef conservation by autonomously identifying biodiversity “hotspots”
Read MoreIndustrial fishing has been depleting midwater fish for decades, new WHOI study finds
The research focuses on a poorly understood group of larger midwater fishes that the authors call the “dark web,” species, such as pomfrets and snake mackerels.
Read MoreTiny drifters, massive impact
How salps shuttle carbon to the deep
Read MoreThe unseen toll of war on science
As the changing climate accelerates the spread of toxic algal blooms in the Arctic, the Russia–Ukraine war is cutting off critical international collaboration needed to understand and protect vulnerable ecosystems and communities.
Read More