Ocean Life
Can 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 MoreSuper Reefs: The Future of Corals
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…
Read MoreNew Study Finds Distinct Microbes Living Next to Corals
WHOI scientists distinct discover microbes living just a few centimeters from the surface of corals near the southern coast of Cuba. The discovery may yield clues about the ecological functions of microbes, and how they find and infect coral colonies.
Read MoreNOAA Names Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to Host Cooperative Institute
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) selected Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) to host NOAA’s Cooperative Institute for the…
Read MoreBeads that Sting
These may look like a curtain of Mardi Gras beads hung in a doorway, but they are actually Man-o’-War tentacles…
Read MoreBringing Light into Darkness
WHOI scientists and engineers tackle the challenge of illuminating life in the sunless waters of the ocean twilight zone
Read MoreForbes: Arsenic-Breathing Microbes Found In The Open Ocean
Virgin Island Corals in Crisis
A coral disease outbreak that wiped out nearly 80% of stony corals between Florida’s Key Biscayne and Key West during the past two years appears to have spread to the U.S. Virgin Islands (U.S.V.I.), where reefs that were once vibrant and teeming with life are now left skeleton white in the disease’s wake.
Read MoreUntangling Impacts on Right Whales
Whale scientists look for new ways to mitigate whale entanglements in fishing lines
Read MoreSeal Spy
Drones helps WHOI scientist measure the body mass of mother and pup seals during lactation
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