Ocean Life
Cold, quiet, and carbon-rich: Investigating winter wetlands
A hydrologist takes on a groundbreaking study to understand how groundwater moves through New England salt marshes in the winter.
Sonic Sharks
The predators may not be a silent as once thought
A rare black seadevil anglerfish sees the light
A viral video shows a denizen of the ocean's twilight zone making an unusual trip…
How will we ever count them all?
WHOI biologist Francesco Ventura recounts a conservation win for sea turtles in remote Guinea-Bissau
Five marine animals that call shipwrecks home
One man's sunken ship is another fish's home? Learn about five species that have evolved…
Deep-sea amphipod name inspired by literary masterpiece
Name pays tribute to Cervantes' Don Quixote and reinforces themes of sweetness and beauty
The case for preserving deep-sea biodiversity
WHOI biologist Annette Govindarajan offers her takeaways from the COP16 UN Convention on Biological Diversity…
Saving Tico
A manatee’s odyssey and the role of currents in marine mammal conservation
Hope in fossilized fish bits
Abundant life in hotter ancient seas gives one paleontologist optimism for the future
Underwater Starfield
A swimmer’s encounter with creatures of the open ocean
Breaking Point
Scientists work to protect emperor penguins in a melting world
The 10,000-foot view
WHOI's Tom Bell tracks changes to vulnerable coastal ecosystems with aerial imagery
Counting on Corals
As struggling reefs put a squeeze on Belize’s Blue Economy, could heat-tolerant corals be the…
A cascade of life
The power of conservation, as seen through the lens of award-winning ocean photographer Henley Spiers
5 unlikely ocean friendships
How certain marine species keep each other safe, fed, and healthy through symbiosis
For right whales, a dwindling food source is causing concern
As an important food source wanes in the Gulf of Maine, right whales are forced…
Are offshore wind farms harming whales?
WHOI whale biologist Mark Baumgartner weighs in
The value of iron for a seal
WHOI researchers travel to remote Sable Island to determine if iron gives gray seal pups…
Is underwater construction noise leaving scallops defenseless?
Sea scallops expend a lot of energy reacting to noisy pile drivers
Our eyes on the seafloor
A Q&A with WHOI marine microbiologist Maria Pachiadaki on sampling the deep ocean with Jason
Wintering Waterbirds
Winter doldrums? Take a local birding trip to encounter a diversity of seabirds this season
The Polar Imperative
WHOI researchers tackle big questions in a melting world
Puzzling over a mollusk mystery
What’s causing a contagious cancer to spread among clams?
Wind Water and Ice
Like fiction, but real. Explore the “superpowers” of three Antarctic icons