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Seals and Wild Horses on Sable Island, Nova Scotia
While East Coast seal populations have dramatically increased in recent years, a staggering proportion of Sable Island seals don’t make it to their first birthday. WHOI biologist Michelle Shero is looking into the influence of iron in seal mothers’ milk on pup survival rates.
Read MoreWhite Sharks, Gray Seals
2013 Ocean Science Journalism Fellows and WHOI staff members pause for a photo following an afternoon of seal watching aboard the Monomoy Island Ferry. During the trip, biologists […]
Read More2022 Year in Review
Re-live the best of 2022 with this montage showcasing just some of WHOI’s ocean science, technology, and engineering highlights. WHOI researchers are active in upwards of 800 projects around the world at any time, providing critical information about some of the most urgent challenges facing humanity and the planet we call home. As part of the WHOI community, we thank you for your dedication to our ocean, our future, and our planet. Best wishes for a happy and healthy 2023!
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 MoreMaritime reflections along Yaquina Bay Bridge
On the shore beyond the Yaquina Bay Bridge in Newport, Oregon, Ordinary Seaman Michael Sessa captured this serene vista while WHOI’s research vessel Atlantis was in port
Read MoreHandle with Care
The sea raven, is a common bottom-dweller in ocean waters off New England. WHOI postdoctoral investigator Andrea Bogomolni (pictured) and WHOI researcher Alex Bocconcelli encountered this one earlier this […]
Read MoreA Sustainable Collaboration
WHOI postdoctoral investigator Andrea Bogomolni removes winter skates (a fish related to sharks and rays) from a gillnet on a fishing boat off Cape Cod, Mass. These skates were […]
Read MoreSquid on the Menu
Loligo pealii, the ordinary squid, is a kind of floating buffet that feeds fish, birds, seals, dolphins, many whales, and even humans. Despite this, scientists know remarkably little about how […]
Read MoreChanges Far Away
One of the most abundant zooplankton in Antarctic waters are Euphausia superba (pictured), commonly known as Antarctic krill. In the Southern Ocean, these two-inch-long, pink crustaceans are the main […]
Read MoreScience Gets Under the Skin
The term necropsy is used to describe an autopsy performed on a deceased, non-human animal. WHOI’s necropsy facility allows scientists to study the anatomy, physiology, diet, and health of […]
Read MoreSeal Whisker Sensor
Heather Beem earned her Ph.D. in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography working biomimetics: using features observed in nature to inform the design of new technologies. She closely examined […]
Read MoreCopy Cat
Turtles, dolphins, and seals are masters at maneuvering in the water. So it’s no surprise that vehicle deisgners occasionally look to them for inspiration when trying to make new generations […]
Read MoreOrca Rising
Feeding the Ocean
Krill are very small crustaceans living in oceans around the world that eat even smaller organisms called phytoplankton. Krill play a major role in the food chain because they provide […]
Read MoreArtistic Sensibility
Falmouth High School art teacher Jane Baker and WHOI biologist Becky Gast took 52 art and English students to Provincetown this fall to do what generations of artists […]
Read MoreLook Behind You
Chasing Great Whites
Engineer Amy Kukulya introduced the REMUS SharkCam at a public event in 2013 describing WHOI’s research on sharks and seals. he Discovery Channel commissioned the Read More
Eye Spy
Predator 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 MoreTagging Sharks
To reveal the hidden lives of sharks, scientists like Simon Thorrold in the WHOI Fish Ecology Laboratory are using Pop-up Satellite Archival Transmitting tags. The tags attach […]
Read MoreA Penetrating Task
Research associate Alexi Shalapyonok, mechanic Brian Durante, and engineer Hugh Popenoe prepare to seal a pressure chamber they are using to test a penetrator that will become part of […]
Read MoreBreak Time
Seals like this one photographed during the Sea Ice Physics and Ecosystem Experiment (SIPEX-II) in Antarctica, depend on sea ice to survive. They hunt for food, such as fish and […]
Read MoreSeal Sightings
People come from miles away to see the seals off the shores of Cape Cod, but the animals are creating some challenges for local fishermen. Increasing seal populations led to […]
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