Scientific technician Luis Lamar from the WHOI Advanced Imaging and Visualization Lab and assistant professor of biology Andreas Fahlman from Texas A&M University Corpus Christi paddle with a pod of dusky dolphins off the coast of the Kaikoura Peninsula on New Zealand’s South Island. The two were part of a research team that spent three weeks in February and March 2013 pursuing one of the ocean’s most iconic yet elusive species: the sperm whale. This research was performed under New Zealand Department of Conservation Permit number 35604-MAR. (Photo by Moira Brown, New England Aquarium)
Under the microscope, they look like they could be from another planet, but these organisms inhabit the depths of our oceans in nearly infinite numbers.
When a trigger mechanism failed to release a key deep-sea instrument, WHOI physical oceanographer Ruth Curry brought together a gung-ho team to try to retrieve it.
There's plenty to do in Woods Hole this August, from Science Made Public talks every Tuesday at 3 p.m. to Splash Lab, a series of hands-on activities for all ages on Thursday afternoons, 1-3 p.m.