Marine Mammals
Lessons from a lifetime of exploration
Award-winning ocean photographer Brian Skerry shares insights from a career spent around ocean life and science
Whale aware!
New tech and industry partnerships help ships steer clear
Whistle! Chirp! Squeak! What does it mean?
Avatar Alliance Foundation donation helps WHOI researcher decode dolphin communication
Saving Tico
A manatee’s odyssey and the role of currents in marine mammal conservation
A cascade of life
The power of conservation, as seen through the lens of award-winning ocean photographer Henley Spiers
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…
The value of iron for a seal
WHOI researchers travel to remote Sable Island to determine if iron gives gray seal pups…
Wind Water and Ice
Like fiction, but real. Explore the “superpowers” of three Antarctic icons
Keeping an ear out for whales
Scientists look to safeguard the mammals with robotic buoys in the New York Bight
Whale Safe
For Mark Baumgartner, Whale Safe is the natural evolution of WHOI’s work with passive acoustics
Harnessing the Power
Can wind developers and ocean scientists work together to get US offshore wind cranking?
Scientists Reveal Secrets of Whales
Researchers have known for decades that whales create elaborate songs. But a new study has…
Scientists Reveal Secrets of Whales
Researchers have known for decades that whales create elaborate songs. But a new study has…
Eavesdropping on Whales
WHOI scientist Mark Baumgartner has installed a mooring in New York waters that listens for…
How Would ‘On-Call’ Buoys Work?
WHOI engineers are developing a new kind of lobster trap buoy that could help keep whales from…
Whale-safe Fishing Gear
WHOI engineers are developing a new kind of lobster trap buoy that could help keep…
A New Whale Species Is Discovered in the Wild
Scientists have discovered a thriving population of Omura’s whales—a species that hadn’t even been identified…
See Those Black Dots? They’re Penguins. Now Count Them.
That’s exactly what a team of researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) did on…
Endangered Whales Get a High-Tech Check-Up
Drones seem to be everywhere these days, from backyards to battlegrounds. Scientists are using them…
Seal Whiskers Inspire Marine Technology
The night approaches quickly. A harbor seal plunges into the water, diving deep as the…
The Man Who Opened Our Ears to the Ocean
Over his long career at WHOI, Bill Watkins pioneered new instruments to collect sounds of…
Sand, Seals, and Solitude
In high school, students interested in art or science often diverge into separate fields. For…
A Telescope to Peer into the Vast Ocean
There are more single-celled plankton in the ocean than stars in the universe. A new…
WHOI CSI Lab Investigates Rare Whales
Two seldomly seen deep-diving whales called True's beaked whales were found dead on a beach…