Marine Mammals
Even Sperm Whales Get the Bends
It seemed only natural for deep-diving sperm whales to be immune from decompression illness, or the bends?the painful, sometimes fatal condition that human divers suffer when they surface too rapidly. But the whales may be as susceptible as land mammals, according to a new study by WHOI biologists.
A Lone Voice Crying in the Watery Wilderness
And speaking of whales, here is a story of whales speaking—or more precisely, one whale,…
Playing Tag with Whales
The challenge of designing a device to learn what marine mammals do on dives is…
Run Deep, But Not Silent
For the first time in history, we can accompany a whale on its dive, hear…
Mistaken Identity
Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have found that two chemicals accumulating in the…
Red Tides and Dead Zones
The most widespread, chronic environmental problem in the coastal ocean is caused by an excess…
Scientists Muster to Help Right Whales
It is a sad irony that we have cataloged individual photographs of the remaining North…
Whither the North Atlantic Right Whale?
"Today only a remnant of the population survives, no more than 350 whales clustered in…