Underwater archaeology
A mummy, a myth, and the Titanic
A 1986 handwritten letter to Bob Ballard revisits one of the Titanic disaster’s strangest myths
Inside Room 71: WHOI history in seven artifacts
Some of the technology, art, and gifts that tell the story of the institution's early…
Five marine animals that call shipwrecks home
One man's sunken ship is another fish's home? Learn about five species that have evolved…
Can environmental DNA help us find lost US service members?
Ocean scientists explore how eDNA may be able to help find and identify lost military…
Re-envisioning Underwater Imaging
A revolutionary new underwater imaging system developed at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution can generate ultrahigh-definition television…
Ancient Skeleton Discovered
International researchers discovered a human skeleton during ongoing excavations of a ship that sank around…
Inside the Sunken USS Arizona
Mike Skowronski (above left) pilots a remotely operated vehicle into the remains of the battleship…
Why Did the El Faro Sink?
WHOI deep-sea vehicles and scientists played critical roles in searching the seafloor and locating the…
A Luxury-Laden Shipwreck from 65 B.C.
Scientists returned in 2015 and 2016 to the wreck of a 180-foot ship that sank…
Farewell to the Knorr
Over its 44-year career, the retiring research vessel Knorr was on the scene for many…
High-tech Dives on an Ancient Wreck
When sponge divers first chanced upon the shipwreck off the Greek isle of Antikythera in…
The Exosuit Comes Aboard
One of the ocean’s least studied places is actually the realm between 200 and 500…
The Quest to Map Titanic
Bill Lange was aboard Knorr in 1985 when the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution research vessel…
A Titanic Tale
<!– –> In June of 1985, news came that Bob Ballard aboard the research vessel…
Shipwrecks Offer Clues to Ancient Cultures
Brendan Foley hunts for shipwrecks, but he’s not searching for gold or jewels. The sunken…
DNA in Shipwrecked Jars Reveals Clues to Ancient World
Scraping inside clay jars recovered from a 2,400-year-old shipwreck, two researchers found DNA fragments that…
WHOI Ship Hunts for Revolutionary War Wreck
One of the fiercest battles of the Revolutionary War raged off the coast of Flamborough…
Engineers Honored for Pioneering Undersea Robot
The engineering team at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution that built the first fiber-optically cabled deep-sea…
“What a Year!”
Four technologies that have been developing separately for some time were brought together this year…