Ocean Life
Why Do Some Animals Have Such Bizarre Pupil Shapes?
Lydia Mathger, MBL Sponsored by: Biology Department
Read MoreKnow Your Ocean Science Chats: Tracking Humpback Whales in Antarctica
Daniel Zitterbart, WHOI Sponsored by: WHOI Discovery Center & Visitor Center
Read MorePublic Talk: Tracking Humpback Whales in Antarctica
Humpbacks migrate thousands of miles to their feeding ground in the Southern Ocean, yet nothing is known about how these whales find the krill that they consume. WHOI scientists joined an expedition aboard cruise ship Polar Latitudes to study the feeding habits of humpback whales on the Antarctic Peninsula. Using Zodiacs to get close enough to the whales to attach digital recording tags, his team logged whales’ diving and feeding behaviors. They also used fish-finding acoustic systems to correlate the location of the whales with their prey. Learn their findings from this research, accompanied by stunning images of Antarctica, humpback whales, and other sea life encountered in the majestic southern continent.
Read MoreFriday Evening Lectures Series – Forbes Lecture: Cephalopods, Visual Perception, Motor Control and Brain Evolution
Gilles Laurent, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research Sponsored by: MBL
Read MoreDoctoral Dissertation Defense of Thesis: Physiological and Behavioral Responses, and their Variability, in Squid, Doryteuthis pealeii, Embryos and Paralarvae Reared Under Chronic Ocean Acidification
Casey James Zakroff, MIT-WHOI Joint Program Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office
Read MoreStars and Stripes
A golden feather star raises its arms to feed. Behind, brittle stars are perched across the boulder-field. (Photo courtesy of…
Read MoreThere will be no Biology Department Seminar today
Summer Lecture Series: Snap Chat: Listening to the Diversity and Health of Coral Reefs
Aran Mooney, WHOI Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office
Read MoreCan thermal cameras prevent ship strikes?
Researchers are testing the effectiveness of thermal IR cameras for automated whale detection to help prevent ship strikes in the narrow channels of British Columbia’s Gulf Islands.
Read MoreOasis in the Desert: Copepod Association Supports a Dynamic Microbial Community in the Oligotrophic North Atlantic Ocean
Katyanne Shoemaker Sponsored by: Biology Department
Read MoreSummer Lecture Series: Exploring the Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services of the Ocean’s Twilight Zone
Porter Hoagland, WHOI Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office
Read MoreSummer Lecture Series: Far from Home: How Larval Dispersal Connects Island-Like Habitats in the Ocean
Kirstin Meyer-Kaiser, WHOI Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office
Read MoreSummer Lecture Series: Life Beneath the Seafloor
Julie Huber, WHOI Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office
Read MoreGlobal Oceans and the Extinction Crisis
WHOI marine biologists Michael Moore and Andrea Bogomolni weigh in on a new United Nations science report suggesting that over one million species are at risk of extinction.
Read MoreSurprising Enzymes Found in Giant Ocean Viruses
Findings could represent new drug targets for human pathogens A new study led by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution…
Read MoreNew Sub-species of Pilot Whale Identified in Pacific Ocean
Short-finned pilot whales have long been recognized as a single species, but a recent study found that two unique subspecies actually exist.
Read MoreThe Power of Super Reefs
For the First Annual World Reef Day, dive into this video about Super Reefs—coral reefs across the tropics that are able to withstand the stress of ocean warming, and can breed resilient larvae that can be used to reseed other reefs.
Read MoreHigh-tech fishing gear could help save right whales
Potato chips of the sea
Sometimes referred to as the potato chips of the sea, two pteropods (Diacria trispinosa) move through the Ocean Twilight Zone…
Read MoreFish with Flashlights
Down in the dark and shadowy ocean twilight zone, countless species—bristlemouths, lanternfishes, jellies, and others—rely on bioluminescence for a variety of important functions, including finding their next meal, outsmarting predators, and looking for mates.
Read MoreSaving the critically endangered North Atlantic right whales
Aquaculture Site Prospecting: Using Ocean Observing, Remote Sensing, and Numerical Models to Inform Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture Expansion
Damian Brady, University of Maine Sponsored by: Biology Department
Read MoreScientists investigate global spread of stinging jellyfish
New invasions reported in New England and Sweden, prompting researchers to look at a variety of potential causes including transportation, warmer ocean temperatures, and a resurgence of eelgrass.
Read MoreMacroscopic Life
They look like space stations, but actually are colonial forms of single-celled organisms called radiolarians, collected in the deep Celebes…
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