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Marine Mammals Meet Modern Medicine
Whales do not make the easiest patients, but CT scans, MRIs, ultrasound, hyperbaric chambers, and other medical tools are making it easier to learn about them.
By Ari Daniel :: Originally […]
Read MorePlaying Tag with Marine Mammals
The digital acoustic recording tag (DTAG) was developed to monitor the behavior of marine mammals and their response to sound throughout the dive cycle. As with any piece of oceanographic […]
Read MoreTalking Marine Mammals
Officials from the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) toured the Marine Research Facility recently with WHOI Senior Research Specialist Michael Moore (foreground, left). They discussed the […]
Read MoreDrones, Scat, and the Joys of Marine Mammal Fieldwork in Alaska on NOAA-Live!
How do we study marine mammals and what do we find out? Take a journey through the types of surveys and tools that are used to study Steller sea lions and northern fur seals in Alaska, and the challenges faced by scientists who study them!
Read MoreGiving Marine Life a Ghost of a Chance
During a recent trip to the Mediterranean to study the social ecology of long-finned pilot whales and their reaction to the sound of predators, members of the MED-11 Alboran Sea […]
Read MoreWe are all Whalers: a reading and conversation
Join us for a virtual conversation and book reading with author and WHOI veterinarian and marine scientist, Dr. Michael Moore, to celebrate the publishing of his book, “We Are All Whalers.” Moore shares his experiences caring for endangered whales and how we can all aid in the salvation of these imperiled animals.
Read MoreHearing Tests on Wild Whales
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 […]
Read MoreFood for Giants
Blue whales are the largest animals on Earth, often reaching 70 to 90 feet—the length of two school buses. But when it comes to food, these giant marine mammals […]
Read MoreArctic, Top to Bottom
This oceanographic tool— a Van Veen grab sampler—collects seafloor sediments. It’s probably not the first thing you might expect to find on a research cruise led by a physical […]
Read MoreDetecting Dolphins
WHOI researcher Alex Bocconcelli deploys a recording device in Wellfleet Harbor as part of a project to detect dolphins and whales before they strand themselves on shore. The […]
Read MoreSoundscapes at Sea
WHOI biologists Aran Mooney and Laela Sayigh are leading a multi-year effort to study the “soundscape” of Horseshoe Shoals in Nantucket Sound—the proposed site of one of the country’s […]
Read MoreEavesdropping on the Reefs
In two recent studies, WHOI scientists demonstrated an new way to assess the health of coral reefs and to monitor threats on remote atolls: They used low-cost underwater […]
Read MoreNavigating a Sea of Sound
The ocean is an increasingly noisy place. Sounds from shipping, oil and gas exploration, and other human activities are making it more difficult for marine mammals to hear. “Hearing is […]
Read MoreSharp Lookout
Bright sun and shadows from clouds and choppy waves can make spotting marine mammals difficult on a research ship at sea. Here, Dr. Ajith Kumar, of the National Centre […]
Read MoreTracing the Flow
Research specialist Frank Bahr (left) and physical oceanographer Glen Gawarkiewicz analyze data on currents collected during a 2005 cruise off Cape Hatteras. Gawarkiewicz studies the currents along and […]
Read MoreSophisticated Sampler
Dolphin Assist
For scientists studying marine mammals in the wild, data-logging tags are invaluable tools that allow them to observe animals’ movements and behaviors that are otherwise hidden beneath the waves much […]
Read MorePredator or Prey?
WHOI biologist Andrea Bogomolni spoke about some of Cape Cod’s most charismatic predators (and prey) during the WHOI public event White Sharks, Gray Seals on August 7, 2013. […]
Read MoreFellow Ice Explorer
A snow petrel, photographed during the Sea Ice Physics and Ecosystem Experiment (SIPEX-II) in fall 2012, floats over the ocean off Antarctica. These seabirds depend on sea ice, which serves as a grazing ground […]
Read MoreA Tangled Problem
MIT/WHOI Joint Program student Julie van der Hoop and marine biologist Michael Moore confer during a recent expedition on R/V Tioga. The pair was using a tensiometer to measure drag […]
Read MorePlankton Portraits
Marine mammals, fish, and seabirds all depend on abundant tiny planktonic animals for food, especially krill and copepods, little drifting crustaceans that in turn eat much tinier single-celled […]
Read MoreA Squid in Hand
WHOI biologist Aran Mooney gently lifts a squid from a tank in the Environmental Systems Lab. Mooney studies the sensory abilities of marine animals, focusing their use and detection […]
Read MoreEavesdropping on Whales
Researchers at WHOI are getting a better understanding of marine mammals by attaching noninvasive digital tags to the animals. Here a D-tag3 was successfully attached to a long-finned pilot […]
Read MoreKrill, Get Ready for Your Close-Up
During a cruise on the R/V Endeavor in fall, 2010, Bosun Patrick Quigley deploys the Video Plankton Recorder (VPR), assisted by Joint Program students Nick Woods (left) and Wu-Jung […]
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